A look at the hopes and fears, and the expectations and predictions that developed along with the Media-Most saga. How It All Started With NTV's founder declaring that the channel no longer exists, here's a chance to take a look at NTV's beginnings, and how the feud with the Kremlin excalated into a fight to the death. The battle for Media-Most was fought in the courts, and from the prisons for owner Vladimir Gusinsky and some of his managers. Follow the past year's legal proceedings with The Moscow Times's reporters. As the dust settles, the battle lines are being redrawn across Russia's media landscape.
Former foes are now allies and former friends find themselves on opposing sides.