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| | Russia, Media, Television - JRL 3-30-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | All these channels, with the exception of TVS-Ekho, can be received with simple rabbit ear antennas in Novgorod, which is all we had back in 2002. |
 | | The implausibility lies in the fact that, if people were truly dissatisfied with what they were seeing on television, they could very easily subscribe to their favorite national (or international) newspaper. |
 | | The sheer variety of subjects discussed and opinions expressed on Russian television explains why a shift away from state supported television has not occurred, and should lead us to rethink our rather simplistic notions about the state of the media in Russia. |
| www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/9107-6.cfm (749 words) |
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