Small Norwegian outlet defiant as half its staff land on Russia's wanted list

Small Norwegian outlet defiant as half its staff land on Russia's wanted list

Small Norwegian outlet defiant as half its staff land on Russia's wanted list

The Barents Observer, a small journalist-owned newspaper in Kirkenes in northern Norway, says half of its staff journalists are now on Russia's wanted list. Its latest journalist to be listed, Denis Zagore, is the third member of the exiled team in Kirkenes to be added, after colleagues were sentenced in absentia in Russia to six and eight years in prison. The outlet, which covers northern Russia and the Euro-Arctic region, says free and independent journalism is a threat to dictatorship, not the other way round.

The Barents Observer, a small journalist-owned newspaper in Kirkenes in northern Norway, says half of its staff journalists are now on Russia's wanted list. Its latest journalist to be listed, Denis Zagore, is the third member of the exiled team in Kirkenes to be added, after colleagues were sentenced in absentia in Russia to six and eight years in prison. The outlet, which covers northern Russia and the Euro-Arctic region, says free and independent journalism is a threat to dictatorship, not the other way round.

The Barents Observer, a small journalist-owned newspaper in Kirkenes in northern Norway, says half of its staff journalists are now on Russia's wanted list. Its latest journalist to be listed, Denis Zagore, is the third member of the exiled team in Kirkenes to be added, after colleagues were sentenced in absentia in Russia to six and eight years in prison. The outlet, which covers northern Russia and the Euro-Arctic region, says free and independent journalism is a threat to dictatorship, not the other way round.