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Sonja Zekri
A mind game. A man is stranded on a deserted island. Is he hoping that a ship will come and save him or not? Galina Timchenko, editor-in-chief of the Russian online platform Meduzaanswered this question eight years ago when she Meduza not on an island, but in the Latvian capital Riga: The ship will not come. There will be no rescue, Russia will remain a bad place for independent journalism for a long time. She still thinks it was the right decision: “It’s easier to live without hope,” she says. “You then build your own ship.”