Proud of his “professional mission”, Alexei Venediktov clings. He will not desert. In Moscow, the emblematic editor of Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow), the radio station renowned for its free tone but banned since the start of the Kremlin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, according to official understatement, succeeds to keep its editorial line: “to inform and, for that, to speak to everyone. We journalists must continue our explanatory work and do it in Russia itself, whatever the difficulties”, confides to “Echos” Alexei Venediktov, seated at a restaurant in the center of Moscow, as usual hair in shambles and strong words .
Formerly, the dean of Russian journalists received in his offices Ekho Moskvy with a swirling atmosphere. “The radio was shattered like a mirror. But there are pieces left. I continue on Youtube, ”he says. The audience rose from 3.5 million listeners to 780,000. Many journalists have gone abroad, continuing at a distance and on a voluntary basis.