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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin ratified new legislation on Saturday allowing foreign-funded media to be classed as "agents," following similar US moves against Russia Today (RT).
The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, passed the Bill on Wednesday — just a week after it went through the lower State Duma unanimously.
The new law requires foreign-registered media funded from abroad to meet additional requirements or face suspension.
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
Enduring myths blame print unions for their own destruction – but TONY BURKE argues that the Wapping dispute was a calculated assault by Murdoch on organised labour, which reshaped Britain’s media landscape and casts a long shadow over trade union rights today
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
