Abstract
The 1991 Law «On the Freedom of Mass Media” is one of the oldest legislative acts of post-Soviet Russia. The author explains how s media outlets operate in today’s Russia, depicts various forms of control performed by the state and comments on specific cases. Russian legislation includes a system of norms, which apply to the freedom of press and impose numerous restraints on the information resources. Comparing to similar European normative regulations, Russian laws envisage an impressive number of various bans and restrictions. 2012 saw rapid growth of a number of bans; simultaneously, the nature of Russian political regime started to change. The author comments on how the appropriate Russian legislation was amended within the last decade and provides a detailed description of relevant Russian case law of this time. Unsurprisingly, the courts followed the trend set by the Russian lawmakers and aimed at further restriction of freedom of press.
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