Journalist’s Plight Illustrates Local Authorities’ Quest To Control News

By Tom Balmforth RYBINSK, Russia — Aleksandr Zverkov found out the hard way what happens when you speak truth to local power in this ancient fishing city on the Volga River. “There’s a great phrase: You haven’t lived to the full if you haven’t experienced poverty, love, and war,” Zverkov says. “Well, I’ve done it […]