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Meduza

Meduza is an independent Russian-language news outlet founded in 2014 by former Lenta.ru journalists and based in Riga, Latvia. It covers Russian politics and society critically, is generally characterized as liberal and left-of-center, and has been blocked in Russia and designated an 'undesirable organization' by Russian authorities, continuing to publish for readers inside and outside the country.

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Is Meduza left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Meduza is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments — a stance that shapes which stories this digital-native outlet chooses to pursue. Crosswire groups Russia outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Meduza beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.

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