Why Do Russians Support Censorship of the Media?

This article analyses support for censorship in Russia as part of the democratization process. Censorship has been an important part of Russian history and it was strengthened during the Soviet era. After the collapse of the Soviet system formal censorship was banned even though the reality has been different. Therefore it is not strange that many Russians would like to limit the freedom of the media and to censor certain topics. The views of Russians on censorship have been studied on the basis of a survey carried out in 2007. According to the results, three different dimensions of censorship were found. These dimensions include moral censorship, political censorship, and censorship of religious materials. Support for these dimensions varies on the basis of socio-demographic characteristics and media use. The article concludes that many Russians reject new phenomena, while support for the censorship of political criticism is not as high, but political censorship seems to enjoy more support among elites than among the common people.

Discourses of Demonisation: Chechens, Russians, and the Stavropol’ Riots of 2007

In the summer of 2007, the geopolitics of Russo-North Caucasian relations were once again manifest in inter-ethnic violence. During the course of six weeks of rioting between ethnic Russian (russkii) and non-ethnic Russian (rossiiskii) citizens, three students were killed (one Chechen and two Russians) and pogroms were conducted widely. This article addresses these events through a focus on the nature and politics of the riots and those involved. I argue that a range of tensions came together to form a localised geopolitics, and that this contributes to an understanding of why these events took place. Ultimately, the riots are important as an event which reveals much about the complexity of power, space, and identity in contemporary Russia.

Colloquial castigation of the French, the Russians, the Spaniards and Napoleon in Arturo Pérez-Reverte's 'La sombra del águila'. 'Censura coloquial de los franceses, los rusos, los españoles y Napoleón en 'La sombra del águila' (1993) de Arturo Pérez-Reverte'.

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Myths and folk-tales of the Russians, western Slavs, and Magyars.

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A chronological history of north-eastern voyages of discovery; and of the early eastern navigations of the Russians.

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Russia of the Russians,

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The Russians at home: unpolitical sketches, showing what newspapers they read; what theatres they frequent; and how they eat, drink and enjoy themselves;

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The Russians at home and the Russians abroad:

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Bering's voyage; an account of the efforts of the Russians to determine the relation of Asia and America,

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Russia and the Russians; or, A journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow, through Courland and Livonia; with characteristic sketches of the people.

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Behind Soviet power; Stalin and the Russians,

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