The High North Tour 2022 In the Shadow of War: Russian Journalists are Threatened with 15 Years in Prison for Writing about the War

Former leader of Barents Press International Amund Trellevik. (Video: Arne O. Holm)

Published at: May 11 2022 - 11:19 / Updated at: May 11 2022 - 11:19

Joensuu, Finland: Last weekend, a series of Russian journalists participated at an international journalist conference in Finland. According to Amund Trellevik, former leader of Barents Press International, creating such a meeting has been very hard. “Of course they took a big risk in coming here”, he says. Watch the whole interview here.

Text and video Arne O. Holm

The High North Tour 2022 In the Shadow of War: Russian Journalists are Threatened with 15 Years in Prison for Writing about the War

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