In the 90s there were only 6 TV-channels in Russia

Three of them belonged to oligarchs

NTV TNT TV-6

The Goverment owned

Channel One

Russia TV Channel

In 2001

NTV TNTMedia-most holding

Vladimir Gusinsky has to flee

Media-most holding belongs to Gazprom Media Holding

• TV6 was a television station in Russia , owned by oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

• TV6 was staffed mostly by NTV journalists,who resigned in 2001 when NTV was taken over by Gazrom

• The station lost a court battle on January 11, 2002 over bankruptcy.

• Russian authorities closed the station on January 22, 2002.

Interesting fact

• Two first Russian oligarchs had been rivals for a long time, and were even enemies

• However, Berezovsky supported Gusinsky when the story with NTV took place

• But this coalition was of no good for both• Nowadays Berezovsky is a political refugee in

UK• Gusinsky is under arrest

Nowadays

The beginning of 2000 is a turning back point for russian Mass-Media.

The Goverment takes over the main TV channels, Radio Stations and Newspapers

BIG SCheme

• Two main federal Channels, Channel one and Russia TV, which are controlled by state.

• The third main channel is owned by state-controlled energy giant Gazprom.

Russian state

Channel One

• The second most important channel Russia TV belongs to a state-owned VGTRK, the largest media holding in Russia

VGTRK

Russia TV channel

Vesti TV channel

Culture TV channelRIA Novosti

State Internet channel

Sport TV channel

Vesti.ruRadio of Russia

Radio Mayak

Sorry, not enough space

Evronovosti RTR-planet

Voice of Russia

Vesti FM Radio Orfei

Sport-planet

• Another prominent media holding is Gazprom Media

Russian State

Gazprom

Gazprom Media

Some facts about Gazprom

• Gazprom is the largest company in Russia• Gazprom is the biggest extractor of natural gas

in the world• The stake of Russian government in Gazprom

is over 50%, which the contolling position• From 2000 Gazprom’s chairman is Dmitry

Medvedev, the next russian president

Gazprom Media Holding

NTV NTV plus

TNTRadio Next

First Popular radio

Echo of Moscow

TribunaIzvestia

Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Interesting facts

• In April 2001 Gazprom took over Russia's nationwide state-independent television stations NTV and TNT held by Vladimir Gusinsky's Media-Most holding, which caused major changes in its editorial policy.

• In June 2005 Gazprom Media purchased the influential Russian newspaper Izvestia.

New breed of Russian Oligarchs

• Berezovsky and Gusinsky are no longer influential in russian policy

• There is a new breed of russian oligarchs, which support the goverment, and therefore, are tolerated by Kremlin.

Vladimir Potanin

• 1996 - 1997 worked as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Government.

• 1998- … the President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Interros Company, which includes Prof-Media Publishing Stable.

• 2005- … A member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

Potanin as a media mogul

Vladimir Potanin

Interros Company

Prof-Media Publishing Stable

Prof-Media Publishing Stable

TV 3 MTV Russia

AvtoradioLenta.ru

Rambler Media Humor FM

Publishing House Afisha

Komsomolskaya Pravda

Alisher Usmanov

• Alisher Usmanov is a steel tycoon who also runs a subsidiary of Gazprom.

• He has very close links with the Kremlin

Alisher Usmanov

Kommersant

Gazeta.ru

More oligarchs…

• One of the most influential and best-sold newspapers «Argumenti i fakti » belongs to brothers Ananyev, russian oligarchs.

• Dmitry Ananyev is a Member of Federation Council of Russia

• Alexey Ananyev with his brother are the owners of the 13th largest bank in Russia PromSvyazBank

• Another prominent newspaper, which is considered to be one of the most serious is Expert

• The owner is Oleg Deripaska

Independent Mass-Media 1

sanoma

The Moscow Times

The St.Petersburg Times Vedomosti

Independent Mass-Media 2

• Радио Свобода the so-called « Radio Freedom » is a private information service .

• It is financed by the Congess of Usa. • The Chairmen Board is chosen by the

President of the USA.

Independent Mass Media 3

• Novaya Gazeta is perhaps the only one truly independent

• Until 2006 100% shares of the newspaper belonged to the collective of journalists.

• Nowadays 49% shares of "Novaya Gazeta" belongs to ex-president of USSR Mickhail Gorbachev

• The paper’s staff takes the controlling position (51 %) •

Useful information for future journalists

• The Novaya Gazeta is probably not the safest place to work, here are some facts about the journalists of the newspaper:

• Anna Politkovskaya (killed) • Viktor Popkov (killed)• Igor Domnikov (killed)• Svetlana Orlyk (killed)