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On 27 December 2009 President Dmitry Medvedev signed the Federal Statute of the Russian Federation “On Amending Federal Statute on State Support for Cinematography of the Russian Federation” ("О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон «О государственной поддержке кинематографии Российской Федерации»") adopted by the State Duma on 23 December 2009. It enters into force on 1 May 2010. The Act makes important changes to the Federal Statute of 22 August 1996 (No. 126-FZ) (see IRIS 1999-2: 11). It introduces an obligatory system of collection of data regarding film exhibition in Russia by establishing...

The European Court of Human Rights found no violation of Article 10 of the Convention in the highly controversial case of Pasko v. Russia. The case concerns Grigoriy Pasko, a Russian national who at the time of the events was a naval officer and worked as a military journalist on the Russian Pacific Fleet’s Newspaper “Boyevaya Vakhta”. Mr Pasko had been reporting on problems of environmental pollution, accidents with nuclear submarines, transport of military nuclear waste and other issues related to the activities of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Mr Pasko had also been in contact...

On 21 September 2009 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1349-r О концепции федеральной целевой программы "Развитие телерадиовещания в Российской Федерации на 2009 - 2015 годы" (On the Concept of the Federal Target Programme “Development of TV and radio broadcasting in the Russian Federation 2009-2015”). The Federal Target Programme (FTP), which was drafted at the end of 2008, is yet to be approved as such. Meanwhile the Government has adopted certain guidelines for its key features. The Resolution approved the Concept of the FTP and allocated...

On 24 June 2009 President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation signed a decree “ Об общероссийских обязательных общедоступных телеканалах и радиоканалах ” (On National Mandatory Free Television Channels and Radio Stations). The decree aims at “pursuing the objectives of ensuring freedom of information and guaranteeing that people everywhere in Russia will have access to information important for society”. It sets out a list of television channels and radio stations that must be broadcast nationwide and free of charge. The decree states that these channels and stations will be broadcast in...

On 24 June 2009 the State Duma (parliament) adopted at the first reading the bill «О защите детей от информации, причиняющей вред их здоровью и развитию» (On the Protection of Minors against Information Detrimental to their Health and Development). The proposed federal statute shall regulate “products of the mass media, printed materials, movies, TV and video films, electronic and computer games, other audiovisual products on any material object, including those disseminated in public performances and on the information telecommunication networks of general access (including Internet and mobile...