The sentence was upheld by all levels of the judiciary. State broadcast media, including one nationwide television channel, continue to receive large subsidies, and the State has assured that these subsidies will continue. There are several major independent television and radio stations. Several Russian language programs, mostly Estonian produced, are broadcast over state and private television channels. Russian state television and Ostankino programs are widely available via cable.
Academic freedom is respected.
Excerpted from the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report For 1997. Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998. If link is out of date, see State Department home page.