UPDATE: The longer form video interview and lecture with Russia’s Garry Kasparov. During his speech Kasparov addressed subjects such as the lack of freedom of the press and the political climate for journalists in today’s Russia.
VIDEO NOTE: Immediately following his address, Vladimir Sungorkin, the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, the number one tabloid in Russia stood up and invited Kasparov to speak in Russia about these issues. The video show Vladimir’s offer being translated by
Eugene Abov is the general manager of GIPP, the association of independent Russian publishers.
According to Garry Kasparov the current situation for the press has made the atmosphere in the newsrooms one of caution. The murders of Russian journalists, such as Anna Politkovskaja, have received great media coverage outside of Russia. But in the domestic media cases like these have gotten hardly any attention. More video reports from the World Editors Forum
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