Russian blogs on uprise on the eve of presidential elections
February 20, 2008
The Russian blogs are seemingly trying to outplay mainstream media, by harshly criticizing the main Presidential candidate, Medvedev, AP reports, quoted by editorandpublisher.com.
“The postings by Web commentators, professionals and amateurs alike,” the website reads, “are sometimes barbed, frequently satirical and always unfiltered — a marked contrast to most of Russia’s major media, where many reporters, editors and producers are wary of angering the Kremlin.”
Yet there are alleged and real limitations to Russia’s blogosphere watchdog effort. “There are also allegations the Kremlin has organized teams of its own bloggers to attack or rebut critics of the government through Web postings.” The natural limitation is access to Internet, which is scarce and slow, oftentimes.
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