This book examines the challenges and pressures liberal journalists currently face in Russia. It presents the findings of a recent semi-ethnographic study, while also providing a historical overview of the development of liberal media in the country. The book focuses on some of Russia's most influential liberal national news outlets: "the deadliest" newspaper Novaya Gazeta, "Russia's last independent radio station" Radio Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvy) and US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Liberty. The fieldwork includes observations of editorial meetings, interviews with editors, deputy editors and journalists as well as documentary analysis.