February 01, 2006
Who Owns the Name Russia?
The Russian government has demanded to see evidence from Russiatoday.com that it has authorization from the government to use the name "Russia."
Founded in 1996, Russia Today is one of the oldest and most widely read English language Internet sites for breaking news about Russia. The request for authorization of its domain name came from Sergey Frolov, General Director of TV Novosti/Russia Today TV, a Moscow-based media company licensed by the Putin government. This seems to be yet more evidence of the Russian government's crackdown on international media--even on the internet.
For more information, see SYS-CON Media's article "How's This for Russian Press Intolerance? U.S. Internet Firm Russiatoday.com Told It Needs Approval from Russian Government to Use Name 'Russia'".
Posted by Buzz Webster at February 1, 2006 11:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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