Mediazona
Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| Available in | Russian, English |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Founders | |
| Editor | Sergey Smirnov (editor-in-chief) |
| Key people | Pyotr Verzilov (former publisher) |
| URL | zona |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 4, 2014 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International |
Mediazona (Russian: Медиазона) is a Russian independent media outlet which focuses on the law enforcement, judiciary and the penitentiary system in Russia. It was launched by Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in 2014, after they served their sentence following the Pussy Riot trial. The outlet's editor-in-chief is Russian political journalist Sergey Smirnov.
Mediazona has been named the most cited independent Russian media outlet.