Tuesday 8 February 2011

Living as a journalist in Russia

I am a Georgian in London, for some of you who do not know where Georgia is, it is located on the this map.  Until 1989 Georgia was part of the USSR amongst other countries such as the Baltic states, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and many more. I wonder why people of former USSR countries are immigrating to the western countries? Is it because they are suppressed in some way? maybe their sexual orientation or there is a fear of the lack of free speech? see this link. BBC new writes "Russian journalists run the risk of attack or even murder if they delve too deeply into sensitive subjects such as corruption, orginsed crime or rights abuses. Russia is a regular target for criticism and condemnation from media frrdom watchdogs." A recent example of the lack of freedom of speech is what happen to British Moscow correspondent Luck Harding of The Guardian     
    
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5 comments:

  1. segashi15 February 2011 at 13:47

    I think there are numbers of different reasons. Mainly is because they are looking for a better life. And it doesn't a matter if it is Georgian is emigrating to the UK or British to Australia.

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  2. Mirian15 February 2011 at 13:56

    I take that on board but i would like to find out more about former USSR emigrants, not only Georgian but all the ex USSR, i know for my self that my intentions was to study and make my life better, but as you know there are many other reasons why people leave their native countries,
    Thanks for nice comment Segashi

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  3. OTIMO15 February 2011 at 14:32

    They all have issues :) depending on race, religion and economical stability.

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  4. Mirian15 February 2011 at 14:38

    Thank you Otto, hence why i am trying to get some information and see who has what issue, i have put link about journalist that have been killed because they did not fallow orders of people in charge, i am doing some research about other issues and it will appear on here as soon as possible
    Thanks again for your comment

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  5. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 02:55

    A good starting point. The first story you link to is over 4 years old, however. Also, make sure you keep an eye on your grammar and spelling. Potentially an interesting topic.

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