Each week, by secure Visio, Russian journalists in exile form apprentices reporters in their country of origin. ” Amazing ! In the country of Putin, young people still want to work for just and honest information, despite the risks and the absence of outlets ”rejoices Olga Proskournina, 50, one of the volunteers who, from Europe, help and accompany budding journalists. From primary school, she took her first steps in the profession during Perestroika, in the late 1980s. “I was fascinated by the freedom of words. We wanted to change the world better … “
Exiled since the start of the war in Ukraine, she now lives in Paris and works for Republicone of the most respected independent Russian media. Publishing articles written by experts, this site is classified “Agent from abroad” in Russia and may fall into the list of “Undesirable organizations” : its readers, who finance the site by their subscriptions, could then be prosecuted criminally.
Above all, Olga Proskournina wants to think about the future. Between two rereading of articles for Republicshe spends her time in Visio with a dozen apprentice journalists. For security reasons, no details can be published on this distance learning organized through messaging zoom and signal, with pseudonyms. “For them, this job is much more dangerous today than for us under Perestroika. They are taught the basics of the profession by teaching them to minimize the risks. »»
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Source: Lemonde