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Raspopina, Aleksandra (2024) Introduction. Post-Soviet censorship and regulation in Russia. In: Kremlin media wars censorship and control since the invasion of Ukraine. Routledge, London (UK), pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781032775876 (In Press)
In the brief post-Soviet history of Russia, journalists have always struggled to work freely, pressured on one hand by the state and business interests, and on the other by their own commercial – and physical – survival. The political and media history of twenty-first century Russia has been characterized by ever-tightening restrictions and increasing state control over the media, marked by widespread self-censorship and assassinations of journalists often occurring without thorough police investigations. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, several new laws have been passed that not only further restrict the work of journalists but also make it impossible to impartially cover the war. This introductory chapter presents an overview of the situation with media and information freedom in Russia just before the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as well as the legal and practical developments that followed, both in journalistic reporting and working with information in general, by reviewing the existing research and recent events. It also introduces this edited volume and highlights the key themes the different sections and chapters explore, emphasizing the unique combination of rigorous academic research and reflective practitioner essays. It explains how these contributions will address both the historical and emerging aspects of media and information freedom in Russia.
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