Press Freedom in Russia "Fundamentally Flawed"

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Russia

Summary

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the first things to be abolished by the new Russian leadership was media censorship. Under presidents Putin and Medviedev, press freedom has since suffered.

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