NYT > World News Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 Par :Anatoly Kurmanaev and Claire Moses 2 août 2025 à 15:42 He earned a media fortune in the freewheeling but chaotic Russia of the 1990s and defended press freedoms after the industry became beleaguered and unprofitable. © DPPA/Sipa, via Associated PressDerk Sauer in the Netherlands last year. After Russia invaded Ukraine, he became a champion of Russian journalists who had fled to escape repression.