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The Baltic countries, refuge of the independent Russian press

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The Russian authorities have strengthened their arsenal to control the story they tell the Russian population about the invasion of Ukraine.

AP - Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.

By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

1 min

The Baltic countries, a refuge for Russian journalists fleeing their country.

Impossible for them to work in Russia since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow has passed new laws condemning to heavy prison terms the publication of what the authorities consider to be false information.

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It was already towards the Baltic countries that the dissidents had turned after the annexation of Crimea.

Today, this is where journalists settle to be able to work freely.

This is the report in Riga from our correspondent 

Marielle Vitureau.

Today, Serbia is increasingly considering turning to nuclear power to get out of coal, citing the “

energy transition

” provided for in its program for joining the European Union. 

Simon Rico.

It's a not so old story that Paul Baker tells in 

Outrageous!

The story of Section 28 and Britain's battle for LGBT education, a book from Reaktion books.

The author returns to this section 28 in force in the country from 1988 to 2003, a period of transition when, after penalizing homosexuality, Great Britain tolerated it, but ostracized it. 

Marie Billon.

Music with 

Vincent Théva

l: Flexfab & Ziller Bas, 

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