Journalists have had to flee Russia for reporting on the war in Ukraine

The Kremlin has been cracking down on independent media since the invasion of Ukraine, and stations like TV Rain became criminalized for how they covered the war. That has meant some news organizations have had to shut down, and some journalists have had to flee the country. Ekaterina Kotrikadze was the host of a weekly foreign affairs show on TV Rain and headed its global news coverage. And Alexey Kovalev is the investigations editor for the independent Russian news site Meduza. Both have fled Russia, and don’t know when they’ll be able to return.