Center for Security Studies

Putin and Russia’s Crippled Media

Putin and Russia’s Crippled Media

Author(s): Robert W. Orttung, Walker, Christopher
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 123
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

Putin’s Kremlin uses media repression as an indispensable part of a strategy to prevent the emergence of credible opposition that could seriously challenge the current regime. This article reviews recent developments in the Russian media and explains key elements of this strategy. While television remains the most important instrument for the authorities’ dominance of Russia’s information space, the Kremlin is paying increasing attention to the Internet, given that medium’s rapidly growing influence.

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