THE EMPIRE OF LIE: MEDIA-CONTROL AS A PILLAR OF PUTIN’S AUTHORITARIAN REGIME
Journal: Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences
Year: 2025

Abstract. In this article, the author examines the system of media-control in Russia built under Putin from the beginning of 2000s. It has helped consolidating and maintaining his authoritarian rule inside the country over years. It can also be claimed that the system of media control created within Russia had also an impact on Russia’s foreign policy, and the Kremlin attempted to export it within the territory of the former Soviet Union. The key media outlets in Russia are controlled directly b