Kremlin Systematically Shrinks Scope of Russian Media

Author(s): Robert Orttung
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 9
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

Since coming to power, the Putin administration has systematically cracked on Russian press freedoms. After taking control of the main nationwide television networks in 2003, the authorities have now taken over the most important non-state controlled newspapers. Th e regional media and Internet are next. Ultimately, the silencing of critical voices will undermine Putin's stated eff orts to strengthen the Russian state and boost the economy.

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