June 18, 2008 By James Kimer

Wall Street Journal on the Exile

No more complaining about silence in the Western press, right? From the Wall Street Journal:

Raucous Russian Paper Closes Amid Kremlin Scrutiny Expat’s Exile Falls As Investors Retreat; Ribald Pranksters By ALAN CULLISON June 18, 2008; Page A10 MOSCOW — An English-language newspaper in Moscow famed for lampooning Russian and Western officialdom has shut down after it fell under the scrutiny of the government for its The Exile spoofed the election of Russia’s handpicked president by reporting results in advance. Dmitry Medvedev won 70% of the March 2 vote. The demise of Moscow’s Exile newspaper is the latest sign of the homogenization of the press within Russia, where an official crackdown on dissent has led to the self-censorship of many publications.