Independent Russian media archived from the year 2000 through the present day.

We want to preserve the work that independent Russian journalists have been doing for more than 20 years. This is historical evidence.

Our goals Our first goal is to create safe storage for the archives of independent media, impossible to destroy or block.

Our second goal is to build a database with a high-quality search engine and make it accessible to users: journalists, researchers, and others who want to understand in Russia during the last 20-plus years — and how these events have been described by the media.

Our third goal is to model what can be done in countries undergoing crackdowns on free expression or other drastic political change that affects the media. We will offer our toolkit to independent journalists and media activists whose archives are at risk anywhere in the world.

This is a living archive. We are trying to use it to support free expression and independent media, better understand how authoritarianism and dictatorships work, and stand against propaganda and manipulation of the historical narrative. We also believe that this archive will be indispensable for future justice.

The archive is also a model of what can be done in countries undergoing crackdowns or other drastic political change that affects the media. We will offer our toolkit to journalists and media activists whose archives are at risk anywhere.