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Appendix B: Journalism Freedom: 1980–2008 (Country Ratings from Freedom House) - Russian Federation
Population (2010, proj.): 140,367,000
Gross National Income per Capita (current, 2007): $7,530
Date of Independence: August 24, 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Date of Last Constitution: December 12, 1993
Operating in the core of the former Soviet Union, Russian news media have descended in recent years from a brief period of partially free operation back to an authoritarian pattern. Criminal defamation is now a ...
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