A «mask show» took place at the editorial office of Kazakhstan's largest independent media outlet, Orda.kz—just like in Russia in the 2000s. Let's figure out what happened: was it a private case of a «business conflict,» or a systematic attack on freedom of speech?

#business #power #GulnatBashkenova #Kazakhstan #acrisis #MaksatGaniev #media #aftertheUSSR #CentralAsia #electoralcycles

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In the early 1990s, Dmitry Gubin worked at the magazine «Ogonyok,» which was then headed by Korotich — and he has memories to share about the legendary editor who passed away this week.

#VitalyKorotich #journalism #historicalmemory #personalexperience #media #MikhailGorbachev #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #Russia #USA #Ukraine #Emigration

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