A Russian journalist said she's staying to report as others flee over Putin's new censorship law: 'I'm not a martyr. But I feel like somebody has to do that'

A Russian journalist said she is staying and reporting in Russia despite the new censorship law and the potentially severe consequences she could face.

Yevgenia Albats, the editor-in-chief of the New Times, a liberal, independent outlet, told CNN that she is not a martyr. I feel like someone has to do that.

On March 4, Putin introduced a law that restricts the ability of the press to give out information. The law prohibits calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine a war, and anyone who uses the term could face 15 years in prison.

CNN, the New York Times, and the British Broadcasting Corporation suspended their operations in Russia after the move. Russian journalists left the country.

Albats said that she has to report and carefully post videos to her Youtube channel, which she is worried could land her in jail. She said that her views have already been known and that it was too late for her to be afraid.

Albats told CNN that they can kill him.

She said that she is ashamed of Russia and that her taxes are going to bombs that kill people.

An American journalist was killed in Ukraine on Sunday, according to the regional police chief. Russian forces shot and killed a documentary filmmaker in Irpen.