In the last weeks, E.E.U.U. has been criticizing the quantity of censoring that there is in Russia.
Russia has been blocking the access to several Internet pages owned by their opposition, and other sources about the crisis in Ukraine.
Last year, in July 2012, Russia created a law that allowed censoring webpages in order to protect minors. However, this approval created some concerns about the law being used to limit the right to the freedom of expression.
The chief editor, Galina Timchenko, of the well-known Russian news website Lenta.ru was fired for publishing news of "extremist nature". She has been substituted by Alexei Goreslavsky, who was currently working in a pro-Kremlin website.
Moreover, editorial staff from Lenta.ru, has being complaining about a lot of pressure being placed on them and a large decline in free journalism in Russia.
Russian authorities have also blocked the access to the blog of the opponent Alexei Navalny and another three major sites of opposition to the Kremlin.
As we can see, media is influenced by a strong power being applied by Russian politics. Although the right to the freedom of expression was included in the Russian constitution it has been seriously affected by the censoring of the Russian government.
Russia has been blocking the access to several Internet pages owned by their opposition, and other sources about the crisis in Ukraine.
Last year, in July 2012, Russia created a law that allowed censoring webpages in order to protect minors. However, this approval created some concerns about the law being used to limit the right to the freedom of expression.
The chief editor, Galina Timchenko, of the well-known Russian news website Lenta.ru was fired for publishing news of "extremist nature". She has been substituted by Alexei Goreslavsky, who was currently working in a pro-Kremlin website.
Moreover, editorial staff from Lenta.ru, has being complaining about a lot of pressure being placed on them and a large decline in free journalism in Russia.
Russian authorities have also blocked the access to the blog of the opponent Alexei Navalny and another three major sites of opposition to the Kremlin.
As we can see, media is influenced by a strong power being applied by Russian politics. Although the right to the freedom of expression was included in the Russian constitution it has been seriously affected by the censoring of the Russian government.
Sara Bardají - 4th E.S.O.
Some would argue that Russia is not and has never been a true democracy. It is an interesting question (along with another one: is there any true democracy?!). Great post. Thanks.
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