Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday took its struggle against Russian media restrictions to a popular online videogame to mark world press freedom day.
Editor-in-chief Antero Mukka said the paper had to get creative in trying to breach the restrictions and decided to hide articles about Russia's war in Ukraine in Russian in the shooter game Counter-Strike, which is popular worldwide and among young Russian men.
Russia has cracked down on independent journalism in the country after it initiated what Moscow calls "a special military operation" in neighbouring Ukraine last year, by banning free reporting and denying Russians' access to media content produced abroad.in Russia, Helsingin Sanomat began publishing some of its Ukraine and Russia related news in Russian last year, only to see access from Russia to its content quickly restricted.
"As we have been widely concerned about the press freedom situation and freedom of speech in Russia, we decided that maybe it's possible to find some new channels to provide Russian audience with some reliable, independent journalism for example about the situations in Ukraine," Mukka told Reuters before the press freedom day on May 3.
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