On “Victory Day,” the Russian holiday on May 9, critical articles about President Vladimir Putin appeared in a media outlet loyal to the Kremlin — and were later deleted. Two editors of the online platform claimed responsibility for the protest lenta. Now he is probably rid of his job, said the previous head of the economics department, Yegor Polyakov, to the critical medium media zone.
One of the short-lived articles was titled, “Putin Must Go. He Has Started a Senseless War and Is Leading Russia Into the Abyss.” The approximately 20 contributions began with the preliminary remark that the material was not coordinated with the management of the medium. For their protest, Polyakov and his colleague Alexandra Miroshnikova apparently exchanged existing articles on the site.
Messages critical of the war were also broadcast on Russian satellite television on Monday, as can be seen in screenshots. Accordingly, station menus were changed in such a way that, shortly before the start of the military parade on Red Square, slogans such as: “The TV and the authorities lie. No to the war.” How the slogans got there was initially unclear. The news agency interfax talked about hacking. In Russia, a new media law threatens high penalties for alleged “fake news” about the armed forces.