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Worldcrunch » Sources » HOLOD

HOLOD

Holod is an independent media outlet founded in 2019 by prominent Russian journalist Taisia Bekbulatova providing news from Russia and Eastern Europe. Following the outbreak of the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine, Holod’s team moved out of Russia and started reporting from Ukraine and elsewhere.

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