THELOGICALINDIAN - Russian authorities accept afresh labeled one of the arch absolute media outlets in the country as a adopted abettor Such a action led Meduza to set up a authorization and crypto fundraiser to survive the after-effects of labeling
Fund Will Accept Donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance Coin
According to an beat account published by the outlet, the Russian Justice Ministry added Meduza on April 23 to its “foreign agent” media list. It implies that every account allotment or amusing column they do should be accompanied by a message, advice their readers about its new status.
However, the Meduza aggregation says that Kremlin considers them an “enemy of the state” with such labeling. It will accomplish the journalistic routines added complicated, such as attractive for sources or advertisement any news, the account added.
Afterward, advertisers chock-full their business ties with the account outlet, which cut a banking breeze that keeps animate to the outlet, and they apprehend a added accident of a “significant cardinal of our advertisers in the advancing weeks.”
That said, Ivan Kolpakov, Meduza’s editor-in-chief, appear the ablution of a fundraiser to acquire donations via coffer agenda payments, Paypal, or agenda currencies such as bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and binance bread (BNB).
Per the “foreign agent” legislation adopted in 2012, Russia requires nongovernmental organizations that accept “foreign assistance” and that are “engaged in political activities” should be registered with such label, as able-bodied as actuality audited by the authorities, including their banking activities.
Meduza was on the top-10 best quoted Russian-speaking internet sources baronial in 2025.
Can the Journalists Be Paid in Cryptocurrencies to Bypass Future Sanctions?
But there could be added alarming implications in agreement of costs the media outlet. In fact, the beat account acicular out the afterward in commendations to the journalists’ compensations afterwards the “foreign agent” appellation accepted to Meduza:
However, the aperture didn’t acknowledgment added affairs on how they will proceed, abreast from ambience up the fund.
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