Sewhil Mussajewa

06 February 2026 Around a third of the journalists at the Washington Post, one of the US's most prestigious newspapers, have been laid off. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acquired the financially struggling paper from the family that owned it in 2013 and invested heavily in its digital transformation.

Ukrainska Pravda's editor-in-chief Sevgil Musayeva sees a clear shift towards authoritarianism: “This is the dismantling of the anti-corruption infrastructure created after the Revolution of Dignity [Euromaidan] - established by civil society, under pressure from international partners and at the request of Ukrainians who wanted an honest, transparent state. And who gave their lives for this demand. Today, this choice has been betrayed.

Philosopher Vadim Shtepa, who had to leave Russia in 2015, rakes the exiled Russian opposition over the coals in Eesti Päevaleht: “Paradoxically, they largely support the very empire that Putin is constructing. Yes, they condemn the current all-out war against Ukraine, but there is no guarantee that when they get into the Kremlin they will bring it to a halt. ... Today's opposition activists can't bring themselves to call themselves 'anti-Russian'.