Founded in 2014, Meduza is based in Riga and serves a Russian-speaking audience in the Baltic region and worldwide. Meduza publishes news and features featuring hundreds of sources in Russia and the former Soviet Union.

It is a bilingual news site focused on the politics of Russia's Federation and its relationship with its neighbouring countries. The media outlet is funded solely by its readers, who have multiple options for providing financial support, including cryptocurrency.

Meduza's team includes some of Russia's top professionals in news and reporting, which is why the outlet is the source of sharp insights into the world's most enigmatic country.

Meduza also serves its audience with the English-language podcast The Naked Pravda, highlighting how its reporting intersects with broader research and expertise about Russia. The podcast invites the global community of Russia experts, activists, and reporters to discuss the issues at the heart of Meduza's stories, which are crucial to understanding significant events happening in and around Russia.

Last updated: January 2023

Last updated date: April 2023

Location:
Riga, Latvia
Year the organisation started publishing:
2014
Languages:
English
Type of coverage:
International
Countries of coverage:
Other
Other countries of coverage:
Russia

Content

Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Entertainment and culture
Sports
Economy and business
Education
Lifestyle
Law and crime
Environment
Politics
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Technology
Journalism genres:
Chronicles and non-fiction
Interviews and reporting
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Narrative journalism
Reviews
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Crowdsourcing
Solutions or constructive journalism
Explanatory journalism
Cross-border journalism
Fact-checking
Curated/aggregated content
Breaking news
Data journalism
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Blog
Newsletter
Messaging service
Telegram
Social media platforms
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Podcast
YouTube
Mobile app
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
12372
Twitter number of followers:
96100
Instagram number of followers:
10500
YouTube number of followers:
522000

Management and team

Founders

Female:
1
Male:
1
Founders:
Galina Timchenko, Ivan Kolpakov
Directors:
Galina Timchenko, Ivan Kolpakov

Team

Business structure and revenue sources

Organisation tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Crowdfunding campaigns for fundraising
Audience support / reader revenue
Individual donations
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Crowdfunding campaigns for fundraising
The second most important revenue source reported:
Individual donations

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Has a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t publish a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Doesn’t publish a complaints policy
Has a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Does not publish up to date information about its team
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