Media: Fast-Forward, Rewind
Media: Fast-Forward, Rewind
Author(s): Christopher WalkerSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Media; freedom; former Soviet Union; fall of the Berlin Wall; 20 years after; Freedom House; Georgia; Ukraine; Central Europe; Baltic states; Mikhail Gorbachev; Vladimir Putin; Russia; Boris Yeltsin; NTV; TV chanels; Paul Klebnikov; Anna Politkovskaya;
Summary/Abstract: The past two decades have seen greater, if incomplete, media freedom in parts of the post-communist world, while the press in much of the former Soviet Union remains as handcuffed as ever. See more special coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain at our 20 Years After website.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 12/15
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
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