Russia Web Journalism Award Named For Edward Snowden

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15. Here's a good article.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/world/europe/russia-radio-shake-up-follows-putin-criticism.html

On Tuesday the station posted a fake television news report showing a caged Mr. Putin in a Russian courtroom facing charges of money laundering and embezzlement, a dream development for many opposition activists here.

“This radio station is without a doubt a very important organ for opposition forces,” said Leonid Parfyonov, a well-known television journalist who has become a leader in the protest movement. “Those forces that support Putin consider Ekho Moskvy to be too biased and not objective,” he said, adding, “There is some basis for this, by the way.”

Last month at a meeting with prominent news editors, including Mr. Venediktov, Mr. Putin criticized Ekho Moskvy for “pouring diarrhea” on him “from morning till night.” He said he was particularly unsettled by coverage of foreign issues, accusing the station of being biased against Russia’s interests and positive about the United States on topics like missile defense and the 2008 war with Georgia.