Russian journalism archive aims to protect independent voices from media suppression

FILE - The logo of TV Dozhd (Rain) online news channel is seen in a studio in Moscow, Russia, Aug 20, 2021. The channel was forced to suspend operations in Russia in March.

On a quiet May morning, two months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the homepage of Kremlin-owned news website Lenta.ru was flooded with anti-war and anti-government articles. The articles disappeared from the webpage within the hour, but because of the effort of internet archivists, they can still be viewed separately today.