With Russia being the largest country in the world, covering a ninth of the earth's land. It is also the ninth most populous nation with about 142 million people. What you might not know is that Russia it is the largest supplier in natural gas, second largest in oil producing and home of the longest railroads.
Now the media in Russia and eastern Europe are moving in a different direction. Television is the main source for russians to get their news. They have over 400 daily news papers and 40 radio stations in Moscow. Roughtly around 59.7 million people in Russia use the internet now. With the most popular sources used being social networking, blogs, and portals.
During a televised interview concerning media freedom Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stated:
"The country's state-run TV channels should reflect real events without concealing undesirable issues."
"The priority reguarding information should be decided by television channels alone."
"In my view, there shouldnt be a gap between the most important events, which take place in life, and those things which they show on the news."