Vogue Russia closes as Condé Nast stops publishing after ‘rise in censorship’
Condé Nast has announced it is closing its entire Russian franchise as a result of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s new censorship laws. The magazine publisher’s seven Russian publications – Vogue, GQ, GQ Style, Tatler, Glamour, Glamour Style Book and Architectural Digest – are expected to close with immediate effect. In a memo emailed to Condé Nast’s global staff on Tuesday, the company’s chief executive officer, Roger Lynch, wrote: “The escalation in the severity of the censorship laws, which have significantly curtailed free speech and punished reporters simply for doing their jobs, has made our work in Russia untenable.