NYT > World News Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 Par :Anatoly Kurmanaev and Claire Moses 1 août 2025 à 11:44 He earned a media fortune in 1990s Russia with a “sex, news and rock ’n’ roll” strategy 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.