Russian editor defends decision to put Navalny on cover


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024

The latest issue of the Russian weekly newspaper Sobesednik with Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's photo on the front page is pictured in the office of the newspaper in Moscow, Russia, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The editor of a Moscow weekly said he stands by the decision to devote its front page last week to the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, even though most of the print run was confiscated.

Sobesednik (Interlocutor) published a two-page spread on Navalny on Feb. 20, four days after his death, including a lengthy obituary and coverage of spontaneous vigils held in his honour across Moscow.

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