Russian investigative journalism is flourishing alongside "probiv", the buying of data on phone calls, cell location, or air travel off Telegram or the dark web (Ben Smith/New York Times)

Ben Smith / New York Times:
Russian investigative journalism is flourishing alongside “probiv”, the buying of data on phone calls, cell location, or air travel off Telegram or the dark web  —  A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putin's power.