{"id":25345,"date":"2016-05-14T05:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/russian-editors-quit-after-stories-about-putin\/"},"modified":"2016-05-14T05:22:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T05:22:23","slug":"russian-editors-quit-after-stories-about-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/russian-editors-quit-after-stories-about-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian editors quit after stories about Putin family"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Editors of RBC media group resign after running articles on the business affairs of the president’s family.}<\/p>\n

Three editors at a Russian media group have resigned after one of its newspapers ran reports on the business interests of President Vladimir Putin’s family.<\/p>\n

The RBC group’s daily newspaper recently published a number of high-profile investigations, including on the financial dealings of people close to Putin, among them his son-in-law.<\/p>\n

The editors left their posts after weeks of pressure on the outlet including an office raid by police officials, the Reuters news agency reported. <\/p>\n

A Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, denied that the group had been put under any pressure, according to Interfax news agency.<\/p>\n

The three editors are Elizaveta Osetinskaya, editor-in-chief of the RBC media group; Roman Badanin, editor-in-chief of the group’s news agency; and Maxim Solyus, editor-in-chief of its daily newspaper.<\/p>\n

“Recently we have talked a lot about how to develop RBC further and in these conversations we have been unable to reach a common opinion on important issues,” RBC general director, Nikolai Molibog, said in a statement. “That is why we have decided to part ways.”<\/p>\n

The group declined to comment on whether the editors left under pressure from the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s resignations were the latest blow to what many analysts and rights groups see as beleaguered media industry. Several other RBC journalists said on Facebook they would also quit soon.<\/p>\n

Critics say that many previously independent media outlets have been forced to tone down their criticism or change editorial policies altogether. Others have shut down or moved abroad.<\/p>\n

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