Svetlana Flemming - Colloquial Russian - The Next Step in Language Learning

7 SREDSTVA MASSOVOJ

INFORMACII (SMI)

In this unit you will learn:

◗ about newspapers and television in Russia

◗ how to use hto and kto as relative pronouns

◗ about conjunctions in time and causal clauses

◗ how to choose between -to and -nibud;

◗ how to use drug druga

◗ about stress on neuter nouns

During the period of glasnost; Russia enjoyed unprecedented freedom of the press. A large number of new newspapers appeared, censorship ceased and journalists were free to publish what they wanted. New independent publications played an important role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the war in Chechnya, and especially after the election of President Putin, the situation has changed somewhat. The government is less ready to tolerate criticism of its policies. Conscious of the power of the media to influence public opinion, the government is re-exerting its control over press and television. The independent channel NTV, the radio station |xo Moskvy and the newspaper Novaq Gazeta were the first victims.

There is now less freedom of expression in Russia than there was at the time of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Sredstva massovoj informacii (smi)

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Dialogue 1

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From an interview with a journalist from Argumeńty i fa´kty 4

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AVTOR

Q haśto sly´wu o tom, hto svobo´da preśsy v Rossií v

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opaśnosti. Gosudaŕstvo pytaétsq kontroliŕovat; vse

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sre´dstva maśsovoj informaćii.

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@URNALIŚT

No preśsa ne mo´'et byt; poĺnost;[ nezaviśimoj.

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L[ba´q gaze´ta ot hego´-to i ot kogo´-to zaviśit: ot

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vladeĺ;ca gaze´ty, ot ob]eśtvennogo mneńiq, ot

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situaćii na ryńke. Sam izda´tel; vyra'aét intereśy

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kako´j-to gru´ppy.

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No v Rossií bol;winstvoŚMI vse¨ boĺ;we zaviśqt ot

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tex, kto dae¨t im deń;gi?

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@URNALIŚT

Da, \´to veŕno. Deĺo v tom, hto v Rossií sejhaś mno´gie

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gaze´ty izda[

´ tsq ne po ryńohnym pra´vilam, a za she¨t

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oligaŕxov, poli´tikov. Meśtnye oŕgany vlaśti to´'e

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sodeŕ'at bol;woé koli´hestvo gaze´t.

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Su]estvuét mneńie, hto naiboĺee nezaviśimye SMI

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prinadle'a´t haśtnym lićam, tem, dlq kogo´ media-

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biźnes osnovno´j. Naprimeŕ, haśtnyj telekanaĺ NTV,

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'urnaĺ , gaze´ta , radiostańciq 5

<|xo Moskvy´>. Vse oni´ podveŕglis; kri´tike.

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@URNALIŚT

Po-moému, ix nezaviśimost; bylaíll[

źiej. Ved; vse

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stat;i´ 'urnaliśtov po gla´vnym voprośam 'iźni, vse

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vystupleńiq televedu´]ix na NTV vsegdaótra'aĺi

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pozići[ vladeĺ;ca, stoq´vwego za SMI,

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AVTOR

A kto stoi´t za Va´wej gaze´toj? Ona´ to´'e vyra'aét

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h;i-to intereśy?

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Na´wa gaze´ta, vozmo´'no, i est; sa´maq nezaviśimaq. Za

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nej stoq´t sa´mi 'urnaliśty. U nas reda´kciq rewaét

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to, o he¨m pisa´t; i kak pisa´t;. Ediństvennaq

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zaviśimost;, kotoŕu[ my priznae¨m, – zaviśimost; ot

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na´wix hita´telej.

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Po materiaĺam gaze´ty , 2001

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The mass media

Vocabulary ♦

vladeĺec

owner

vystupleńie

speech

vyra'a´t;

to express

zaviśim / ost; ( f ), -yj

dependence, dependent

izdava´t; / izda´tel;