Read on Twitter
While you weren't looking, the Kremlin has turbocharged its campaign to kill what's left of independent Russian media. Journalists, including college students running a college publication, are facing jail times. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/europe/russian-magazine-raided-intl/index.html
Journalists who covered the protests are threatened with arrest. https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/04/27/russian-police-visit-homes-of-journalists-who-covered-the-navalny-solidarity-rally
Other publications, like @meduzaproject, which publishes an excellent English-language newsletter, has been labeled a "foreign agent," which is likely to drive away all its advertisers. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/27/russia-out-to-kill-popular-news-site-meduza-with-foreign-agent-label-editors-say-a73746
One prominent investigative journalist was interrogated and had his home searched. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/10/russian-police-raid-home-of-prominent-journalist-roman-anin
Putin doesn't have to kill journalists to kill journalism in Russia. And he's learned to do the latter quite well without having to resort to the former too frequently. That way, the West doesn't notice and if it does, it can't protest too much.
