Exhibit 31.2  CERTIFICATIONS  I, Boris Podolsky, certify that:  1. I have reviewed this Annual Report
on Form 10-K of CTC Media, Inc.;  2. Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;  3. Based on my knowledge, the
financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;  4. The registrants other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))  for the registrant and have:  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case
of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and  5. The registrants other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.   Date: March 2, 2009
  By:
  /s/ Boris PodolskyBoris PodolskyChief Financial Officer(Principal Financial and Accounting
  Officer)