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The Soviet radio censorship network was the most extensive in the world. All information related to radio jamming and usage of corresponding equipment was considered a state secret. On the eve of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Olympic Panorama magazine intended to publish a photo with a hardly noticeable jamming tower located in the ...
The Russian constitution provides for freedom of speech and press; however, government application of law, bureaucratic regulation, and politically motivated criminal investigations have forced the press to exercise self-censorship constraining its coverage of certain controversial issues, resulting in infringements of these rights.
Censorship is controlled by the Government of Russia and by civil society in the Russian Federation, applying to the content and the diffusion of information, printed documents, music, works of art, cinema and photography, radio and television, web sites and portals, and in some cases private correspondence, with the aim of limiting or preventing the dissemination of ideas and information that ...
The BBC is temporarily suspending journalism work in Russia after the country passed a draconian censorship law on Friday that would directly impact journalists in the country. The Duma, Russia ...
Censorship of images was widespread in the Soviet Union. Visual censorship was exploited in a political context, particularly during the political purges of Joseph Stalin , where the Soviet government attempted to erase some of the purged figures from Soviet history, and took measures which included altering images and destroying film.
UPDATE 8.07AM: The BBC has temporarily suspended the work of all BBC News journalists in Russia following the passing of a draconian censorship law that could lead to up to 15 years imprisonment ...
Broadcasting in the Soviet Union was owned by the Soviet state, and was under its tight control and Soviet censorship. Through the development of satellites and SECAM, controlled broadcasting was initialized as the main frequency for distributing information and entertainment. Under the control of the Soviet Union, censorship and limitation on ...
Media of the Soviet Union includes: Broadcasting in the Soviet Union. Radio in the Soviet Union; Television in the Soviet Union; Printed media in the Soviet Union; Censorship in the Soviet Union; Propaganda in the Soviet Union