The problem is the media are not economically independent. Access to information has no legal framework, only some provisions of the constitution. There are some technical aspects treated in other laws, such a law on information protection, but no law as such. The main oligarch in Russia is the State itself - about 92 companies covering the whole Russian territory, some 90 per cent of TV stations and publishing capacities, belong to the State. Bogdanov - Oligarchs are parties.
People invest money in media to manipulate public opinion.
Peculiarity of Gusinsky is that he started NTV for pure business reasons, commercial reasons. I agree with Simonov that NTV is in fact the only public TV in Russia but recent harassment and persecution created confusion. Because the authorities want to control the minds of citizens, to conceal something, they don't want media to show miscalculations and mistakes of the authorities. Yes, all politicians do not like too much journalists but in Russia it is on a completely different scale. The last round of problems began with our coverage of the Kursk disaster.