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In the 90s there were only 6 TV- channels in Russia

In the 90s there were only 6 TV- channels in Russia. The Goverment owned. In 2001. TV6 was a television station in Russia , owned by oligarch Boris Berezovsky . TV6 was staffed mostly by NTV journalists,who resigned in 2001 when NTV was taken over by Gazrom

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In the 90s there were only 6 TV- channels in Russia

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  1. In the 90s therewereonly 6 TV-channels in Russia

  2. The Govermentowned

  3. In 2001

  4. TV6was a television station in Russia , ownedby oligarchBoris Berezovsky. • TV6 wasstaffedmostly by NTV journalists,whoresigned in 2001 when NTV wastaken over by Gazrom • The station lost a court battle on January 11, 2002 over bankruptcy. • Russianauthoritiesclosed the station on January 22, 2002.

  5. Interestingfact • Two first Russianoligarchshad been rivals for a long time, and wereevenenemies • However, BerezovskysupportedGusinskywhen the story with NTV took place • But this coalition was of no good for both • NowadaysBerezovskyis a politicalrefugee in UK • Gusinskyisunderarrest

  6. Nowadays The beginning of 2000 is a turning back point for russianMass-Media. The Govermenttakes over the main TV channels, Radio Stations and Newspapers

  7. BIG SCheme

  8. Two main federalChannels, Channel one and Russia TV, which are controlled by state. • The third main channelisowned by state-controlledenergygiant Gazprom.

  9. The second most important channelRussia TV belongs to a state-owned VGTRK, the largest media holding in Russia

  10. VGTRK

  11. Sorry, not enoughspace

  12. Anotherprominent media holding is Gazprom Media

  13. Somefacts about Gazprom • Gazprom is the largestcompany in Russia • Gazprom is the biggestextractor of naturalgas in the world • The stake of Russiangovernment in Gazprom is over 50%, which the contolling position • From 2000 Gazprom’s chairman isDmitry Medvedev, the nextrussianpresident

  14. Gazprom Media Holding

  15. Interestingfacts • In April 2001 Gazprom took over Russia'snationwide state-independenttelevisionstations NTV and TNT heldby VladimirGusinsky's Media-Most holding, whichcaused major changes in itseditorialpolicy. • In June 2005 Gazprom Media purchased the influentialRussiannewspaper Izvestia.

  16. New breed of RussianOligarchs • Berezovsky and Gusinsky are no longer influential in russianpolicy • There is a new breed of russianoligarchs, which support the goverment, and therefore, are tolerated by Kremlin.

  17. Vladimir Potanin • 1996 -1997 worked as First Deputy Prime Minister of the RussianFederationGovernment. • 1998- … the President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Interros Company, whichincludes Prof-Media PublishingStable. • 2005- … A member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

  18. Potanin as a media mogul

  19. Prof-Media Publishing Stable

  20. AlisherUsmanov • AlisherUsmanovis a steeltycoonwhoalsoruns a subsidiary of Gazprom. • He has very close links with the Kremlin

  21. More oligarchs… • One of the mostinfluential and best-soldnewspapers «Argumenti i fakti » belongs to brothersAnanyev, russianoligarchs. • DmitryAnanyevis a Member of Federation Council of Russia • Alexey Ananyevwithhisbrother are the owners of the 13th largestbank in RussiaPromSvyazBank

  22. Anotherprominentnewspaper, whichisconsidered to be one of the mostseriousis Expert • The owneris Oleg Deripaska

  23. Independent Mass-Media 1

  24. Independent Mass-Media 2 • РадиоСвобода the so-called « Radio Freedom » is a private information service . • It isfinanced by the Congess of Usa. • The ChairmenBoardischosen by the President of the USA.

  25. Independent Mass Media 3 • NovayaGazetaisperhaps the only one trulyindependent • Until 2006 100% shares of the newspaperbelonged to the collective of journalists.      • Nowadays 49% shares of "NovayaGazeta" belongs to ex-president of USSR MickhailGorbachev • The paper’s staff takes the controlling position (51 %)

  26. Useful information for future journalists • The NovayaGazetaisprobably not the safest place to work, here are somefactsabout the journalists of the newspaper: • Anna Politkovskaya (killed) • Viktor Popkov (killed) • Igor Domnikov (killed) • Svetlana Orlyk (killed)

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