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October 21, 2009 A False Alarm? By Roland Oliphant Russia Profile |
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Last week, Russia’s liberal establishment was perplexed by the announcement of changes at REN TV and the St. Petersburg Channel Five. The two stations, lauded as the last bastions of independent broadcasting on Russian television, are undergoing restructuring, which could potentially see their news services taken over by another company. But is it a move by the state to bring to heel the last remnants of independent reporting on television, or simply a pragmatic management decision prompted by hemorrhaging advertising revenues?
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