Russia’s biggest private radio networks journalist said they had been told to keep Kremlin critics off the air by new managers brought in from state-run television, Reuters news agency reported April 19.
Managers at the Russian News Service, which provides news to Russia’s most listened-to radio station and its sister stations, denied they were imposing censorship. But staff members said their new bosses had blocked live reports from anti-Kremlin protests over the weekend and blacklisted the chess champion and opposition activist Garry Kasparov from being mentioned.
New managers at the service were also urging journalists to give more airtime to representatives of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, staff said.
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Censorship in Russia
MosNews - Russian Journalists Report Media Restrictions
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have you heard the rumors about the assassinated journalists - the ones who either spoke out against or were investigating wrongdoings by the Putin govt? Some scary stuff!!
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Yes I heard and have actually made some posts not long ago on my old blog and on this blog.
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