‘There’s nothing to say but obscenities’: The founder of Dozhd, Russia’s only independent TV network and latest media outlet to be designated a ‘foreign agent,’ shares her immediate reaction to the station’s new status

The Russian authorities have a habit of executing politically controversial acts on Friday evenings. The phenomenon is known as "Clusterfuck Fridays" (it rhymes in Russian, but we can't print it here), and another such Friday unfolded late on August 20, when the Justice Ministry designated two new "foreign agent" media outlets: the investigative news website iStories and the television network Dozhd, as well as a handful of independent journalists. Immediately following the announcement, Meduza special correspondent Kristina Safonova spoke to Natalia Sindeeva, Dozhd's founder and CEO. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/08/20/there-s-nothing-to-say-but-obscenities