Viewpoint: 'Soviet' grip on Russian media
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The former editor of one of Russia's best-known dailies says media control in the country is comparable to Soviet times.
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European papers are unimpressed with the Russian president's plans for radical change after recent terrorist attacks
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As Moscow tightens controls on Georgians, Russian papers warn of the dangers of overreacting.
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Despite a drumbeat of anti-Americanism from the Kremlin recently, Russians have embraced imports of American television sitcoms.
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A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
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MOSCOW, Jun 12 (IPS) - Russia is looking to promote its language and  culture as a way to improve its image abroad.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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In today's European press, Russian newspapers consider the reasons behind President Putin's apparent backing of George W Bush's presidential bid.
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Actually, most of the reporting coming out of Ukraine is coming in blog form. While the AP has a three-man bureau in Kyiv and the New York Times has a couple of stringers in the country, the vast majority of ...
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Ukrainian and Russian papers reflect the tension that marked Viktor Yushchenko's visit to Moscow.
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Russian Internet enthusiasts are locked  in a tussle with an international body over a relic of the  Soviet past -- the .su domain name assigned to the country just  before the Soviet Union collapsed.
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A Russian news program aired on channel ORT on Aug. 31 questioned the historical grounds of Lithuaniaa s independence, causing uproar among both politicians and the populace.
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If you can judge a book by its cover, then the "History of Russia and the World in the 20th Century" tells students the Soviet past was all pride and glory &#151; three of four cover photos invoke Soviet propaganda images.
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The dismissal in June of Leonid Parfyonov, one of the best-known screen faces in Russia whose programme often tested the limits of Kremlin-defined political correctness, triggered fears of further crackdown on media freedom.
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Thursday's European papers are dominated by comment on the implications of the political breakthrough in Ukraine.
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Critics say Putin's regime stifles dissent in the press.
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Russian papers wonder what President Putin's nomination of Viktor Zubkov as PM means for the presidential election.