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Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72

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.

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Derk Sauer in the Netherlands last year. After Russia invaded Ukraine, he became a champion of Russian journalists who had fled to escape repression.
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