Russian-style neoliberalism? Policies on information and propaganda in contemporary Russia

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals_96
Publication date: 12/2011
Author:
Miguel Vázquez Liñán
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This article is based on an analysis of the media system that currently exists in Russia, and which was principally designed to keep the power in the hands of the country’s ruling elite. To that end, the author describes the policies on information and propaganda deployed by the Russian authorities over the past decade in a context of “authoritarian capitalism”.

 Keywords: Russia, the media, propaganda, historical memory, modernisation

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