| Author (Corporate) | BBC |
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| Series Title | BBC News |
| Series Details | 09.12.13 |
| Publication Date | 09/12/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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In a surprise decree published on the Kremlin's website on the 9 December 2013, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced Ria Novosti would be abolished, to be replaced by a news agency called Russia Today. On the 31 December 2013 it was announced that Margarita Simonyan, the head of the state-funded RT satellite news network, would head the Rossiya Segodnya media conglomerate that would include Russia’s major state-run news agency RIA Novosti. On the 14 March 2014, three major opposition news websites as well as the blog of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were blocked, the latest in a media crackdown that comes amid Moscow's standoff with the West over Ukraine. [ESO Notice, 09.12.13: During 2012 and 2013 ESO has been indexing selected articles from RIA Novosti to offer a Russian perspective on major European developments. These links may now not be available. ESO will monitor the situation] |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25299116 |
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| Countries / Regions | Russia |
