Mass Media

First Central Asian Media Forum started in Astana

First Central Asian Media Forum started in Astana

Astana hosts the first Central Asian Media Forum, which is attended by over 100 speakers. It is noted that Pulitzer Prize winners, politicians, journalists, heads of international organizations and authoritative media experts take part …

Journalists killed in line of duty commemorated in Chechnya

Journalists killed in line of duty commemorated in Chechnya

On Saturday, the solemn laying of flowers in memory of the dead journalists took place in the square near the Press House in Grozny. According to the first deputy minister of Chechnya on National Politics, External Relations, Press and …

Putin signs "foreign agents" media law

Putin signs "foreign agents" media law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law which will allow authorities to list foreign media operating in Russia as “foreign agents”, Reuters reports with a reference to RIA news agency. According to the …

Turkey jails two opposition journalists

Turkey jails two opposition journalists

An Istanbul court on Friday jailed two opposition journalists on hugely controversial charges of revealing state secrets, media reported, in a trial that has become a lightning rod for concerns about eroding press freedoms in Turkey. …

Zaman intends to continue its work

Zaman intends to continue its work

According to leaders of the Turkish newspaper Zaman, information published by local media that the authorities intended to to shut the edition down were baseless. The termination of the edition’s activity requires preliminarily …

Mikhail Kozhukhov to tell the world about Dagestan

Mikhail Kozhukhov to tell the world about Dagestan

Well-known Russian journalist and TV presenter Mikhail Kozhukhov will head  a group of 10 representatives of the national media, which will arrive in Dagestan with the aim of exploring the possibilities of tourist and recreational potential …

Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea catches Ukrainian media in lie

Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea catches Ukrainian media in lie

Ukrainian media, describing the situation in Crimea, are reporting false information, deliberately distorting the picture for the purpose of misleading their audience, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic, Ruslan Balbec …

YouTube bans CSTRBK Grozny

YouTube bans CSTRBK Grozny

Today the official account of the Chechen State television and radio broadcasting company on YouTube has been banned. According to the head of the Internet edition of the TV channel, Dmitry Efremov, it ...