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This year’s MezhyhiryaFest, an investigative journalism conference located on former Ukrainian President, Victor Yanukovych’s estate, featured journalists from around the world. Miranda Patrucic, regional editor for the Organized Crime and Reporting Project (OCCRP) works in a region low on the radar of Western audiences – Azerbaijan and Central Asia.
Hromadske spoke to Patrucic about the state of journalism in this region and recent developments to follow.
According to Patrucic, in Azerbaijan and Central Asia, “The authorities are operating with complete impunity. People are stealing billions. And they do it so bluntly, not even trying to hide.” Recent crackdowns on journalists in Azerbaijan show that “the authorities are working hard to shut down any kind of independent voice.”
