JX Fund – European Fund for Journalism in Exile

Journalist Marina Sedneva highlights the daily fear Russian opposition leaders, civil rights activists, and independent journalists face under the threat of police searches and arrests.

The US initiated a resettlement program for Afghan citizens, but the process has been delayed, leaving many women journalists in precarious conditions in Pakistan. The author calls for alternatives.

The Propaganda Battle: Mark Rice-Oxley sees supporting exiled outlets as a strategic opportunity for the West to counter Kremlin lies and promote informed public discourse within Russia.

Amidst Russia’s media crackdown post-Ukraine invasion, an opposition information ecosystem has formed in exile. A plea for Western support for professionalization, funding, and enhanced mobility.

Russian misinformation targets Western audiences, eroding public trust. The author argues that Europe must counter these narratives, and ‘offshore journalists’ offer an alternative perspective.

Many refugee journalists from Russia and Belarus, chroniclers of current events, would like to work from Berlin. But Germany makes it difficult for them, according to the authors.