After Daria was arrested by the police and sentenced in court, her editor-in-chief judged that she was a security risk for the editorial staff, which led to Daria choosing on Wednesday to submit her resignation application.
What will happen for Daria's part is currently unclear.
- Since the invasion started, me and my journalist colleagues have lived like in a nightmare.
During this time, our profession has basically been wiped out, says Daria to Kulturnyheterna.
Enormous censorship in Russia
At the same time as Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border, the Russian censorship authority Roskomnadzor imposed restrictions on what journalists in Russia can write about the conflict.
Now you can only use official sources such as the Russian Ministry of Defense.
- This is a limitation of our journalistic work and no one understands if you have to apply these rules.
If you break the restrictions, you risk high fines.
The free media that continued to report on the war without taking into account the restrictions were shut down or blocked.
Last week, the radio channel Echo Moscow and the channel Dozhd ceased all operations.
- It's an awful feeling when you become an involuntary accomplice in what is happening in Ukraine.
I do not want to be, but the world judges you and in your own country you are persecuted and judged.