‘Everybody turned their backs on us’
An ongoing crisis at TV Rain sparked intense debate about Russian independent media, its allegiances, and its responsibilities. Meduza explains. Evgeny Feldman Emily Laskin TV Rain — Russia’s last independent television station, currently operating from Riga, Latvia — found itself in hot water in the first days of December, after host Alexey Korostelev made, possibly unintentionally, controversial remarks about Russia’s war in Ukraine live on air.