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style="size: 2" size=2 face=Verdana>Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan
are two of Moscow’s top investigative journalists who have been
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documentary c<FONT style="size: 2">alled “The Red
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Red Web is an
up-to-date insight into Russia today and will contribute to your speech content
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>The programme, which has just gone out on two
CR’s, is now freely available without station ID for any FM or Internet
stations who would like to use it in their own programme schedule.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><U>Programme description</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>The
programme shows how Russian Society is completely different from the
West.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>According to Andrei Soldatov and Irina
Borogan, authors of the Red Web, the majority of it's citizens have never really
understood the concept of democracy.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>No
committee decisions in Russia:- the Top Man had always decided everything.
<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>And in order to maintain power, Social
Network users and the Internet are closely monitored.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Verdana>Anything that looks like dissent can lead you to prison for a few
years to intimidate others.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>And forget about
the rule of Law.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>In the absence of any
detailed legal framework, disputes which once used to be solved by the Russian
Mafia are now taken to the new Godfathers in Russia, The Police and the Security
Services.<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>According to Soldatov and Borogan,
this had led to widespread corruption in which owners of businesses are jailed
so whole enterprises can be taken over.<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.terrymechan.com/podcastgen/feed.xml">You can hear a
snippet or download the whole programme from here</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Mechan</DIV>
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