Russia under Putin
The History Hour
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The Rise of Independent Media in Russia Under Putin
Most russians get their news of what's happening in ukraine by watching Russian t v channels, which on broadcast the kremlins version of events. But it wasn't always so following the collapse of communism. There was a flourishing of a novel free press in the 19 nineties. N t v had been created by a wealthy business man, vladimir gusinski,. with the aim of providing independent, though not impartial, news, analysis and entertainment t v shows. We were creative, inevative and felt like a breath of fresh air after decades of dreary soviet broadcasting. When russia lost independent n t v, it was just the first step
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