Well, it looks like The Exile might be in some trouble. Most other outlets seem to be correctly interpreting this as an indication that the proud Russian tradition of suppressing media is going to continue under Medvedev. Some are going a bit overboard, though. Joshua Keating, for example, states that "Moscow won't be the same without them." Which is certainly true, but at the same time, give me a break.
While the tabloid is sometimes entertaining, I for one don't really care all that much about their fate. Mark Ames is one of God's perfect assholes. That isn't to say that the paper should be shut down, necessarily, but to take this as more important than the fact that Russia has one of the worst rates of unsolved murders of journalists, indicates that priorities are a little out of whack. There are more pressing concerns with regards to Russian media than whether a bunch of Hunter S Thompson knock-offs getting drunk and trying to see which brand of Viagra sold in kiosks is the most potent are going to be shut down.
I would, uh, link to that particular feature but it appears to be down.
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