Distance No Guarantee of Safety for Russia’s Exiled Journalists
Voice of America
After surviving a suspected poisoning attack in 2022, exiled Russian journalist Irina Babloyan has found solace in continuing to do her job. (Vasily Aleksandrov) Katerina Abramova heads communications at the exiled outlet Meduza. She spoke with VOA, accompanied by her dog, on a cold February morning at a Berlin park. (Liam Scott/VOA) Exiled Russian journalist Ekaterina Fomina and her rescue dog, Cooper, have lived in three countries and seven apartments since Fomina fled her home country shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. (Liam Scott/VOA)
It was supposed to be a relaxing dinner with friends in Tbilisi, Georgia, before a move to Berlin. But things didn’t turn out as planned for Irina Babloyan.
Kuandyk Bishimbayev, accused of killing his wife, is seen at his trial in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 12, 2024. The case has hit a nerve in the nation, with petitioners urging harsher penalties for domestic violence. (Kazakhstan Supreme Court Press Office) This June 2017 photo provided by Aitbek Amangeldy shows a selfie taken by his sister, Saltanat Nukenova, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Her husband, former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev, is on trial in her November 2023 death. (Aitbek Amangeldy via AP) Two women buy flowers in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 21, 2024. A high-profile trial involving the killing of Saltanat Nukenova has raised awareness of spousal abuse in the Central Asian country. Businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the country's former economy minister, sits in a defendant's cage in court in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 19, 2024. (Kazakhstan Supreme Court Press Office)
FILE - The interior of the Hope Hostel is seen in the capital Kigali, Rwanda on June 10, 2022. Rwanda government's deputy spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda said April 23, 2024, it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom. A view of Hope Hostel, one of the locations where the asylum seekers from the U.K. are expected to arrive in the next 10-12 weeks in Kigali, Rwanda, April 24, 2024. The management of the hostel says the facility is ready to accommodate 100 migrants.
FILE - A woman and baby wait in line at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. The United Nations on April 26, 2024, is warning of renewed and escalating violence in the area. (MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via Reuters) FILE - Destruction is seen across a livestock market area in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Sept. 1, 2023.