Mark Ames, founding editor of the eXile, was recently visited by Russian Federal Service for Mass Media, Telecommunications and the Protection of Cultural Heritage for an "unplanned audit."

In all my years I'd never heard of an "unplanned audit" of editorial content. The insiders whom I contacted all said, "It's ... strange." That's how my Russian lawyer reacted, it's how an American official reacted, and it's even how the head of the Glasnost Defense Fund reacted
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