Internet subverts Russian TV’s message

Feature looks at the role of the internet and social media in the political arena in Russia. Increasingly, there is a collision between the internet, still largely uncensored in Russia, and state-controlled television as shown in various incidents in the run-up to legislative elections in Russia in December 2011. And for the first time, it seemed the internet is edging out a narrow victory in the battle for the hearts and minds of Russians.

ESO: Background information: Russian legislative election, 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/russian-legislative-election-2011-2/

ESO: Background information: Rising chorus of boos greets Russia’s rulers http://www.europeansources.info/record/rising-chorus-of-boos-greets-russias-rulers-court-fines-russian-election-monitors-russian-opposition-finds-unlikely-hero/

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