I’m shocked not only by the news, but by the news about the news. Soon, your access to information out there will be the same as mine in prison. Which is to say: none. Echo of Moscow is shut down, TV Rain is shut down. Everyone is being blocked, even if they’ve covered themselves head to toe with “foreign agent” labels. Roskomnadzor (Russia’s state media and internet regulator) has banned the word “war” and keeps issuing new absurd demands to the media every day. In short, everything is bad. But you know my approach: not to lament what’s wrong, but to do something to make it better. So I’m making this announcement formally (and I deeply regret that I can’t cut the red ribbon and spray you all with champagne): we are launching a media outlet. A media outlet as honest and uncompromising as the Anti-Corruption Foundation’s work has been all these years. A media outlet that is not afraid of censorship and, really, is not afraid of anything. Subscribe (links in Stories and in the profile bio). This is a new channel, “Popular Politics,” where a major nightly news program is already airing every evening. Watch us, send feedback, and we’ll keep improving. This is our media outlet—yours and ours. We’ll keep building and refining it as we go. We are ignoring Putin’s criminal laws. No labels, no “foreign agents,” no “special operations.” Roskomnadzor is an agency whose opinion we could not care less about. We will keep getting around the blocks for exactly as long as the internet still works in Russia. And if they shut it off, we’ll tap out the news to you in Morse code. We want to publish text, we want to make videos, we want to produce reports and interviews. One small thing remains: we need people. We are ready to hire people with relocation, as well as correspondents inside Russia. News reporters, field reporters, editors, producers, layout designers, video editors, and designers—write to us right now at hr@fbk.info. You can also message @maria_pevchikh and @ioannzh. You know us. We will not shut down, scatter, or give up. We will not comply with hypocritical and deceitful “legal requirements.” What matters to us is your opinion, not the opinion of officials and prosecutors of the Russian Federation. That’s who we’ll be working for. The main thing is: keep watching.