Aleksei Venediktov
<p><a class="thought-link" href="brain://W48E2hhZqEGbVQ6SoeGo5w/GazpromMedia">Gazprom Media</a> is Russia's largest media company, with holdings including NTV, Itogi magazine, and a controlling stake in Ekho Moskvy radio, one of Russia's few remaining platforms for criticism of the Kremlin.</p>
<p>Ekho Moskvy editor Aleksei Venediktov, who recently sparred with Lesin over Lesin's failed attempt to fire one of the radio station's journalists, described the surprise resignation as "ill-timed."</p>
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