Russia and Eurasia: October 2001

The Russian Media: From Popularity to Distrust

By: Floriana Fossato

Description: "President Putin has repeatedly said that a free press is the 'most important guarantor of the irreversibility of our country's democratic course.' Yet during the last year the Kremlin has appeared more interested in organizing a consistent flow of 'correct' information than in strengthening a free media."

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