Back in April, I blogged about how then President now Prime Minister (but still prime mover) Vladimir Putin was cozying to the resurgent Russian Orthodox church to consolidate his grip on power. Today, the New York Times had another article in the same series about Putin's control of the airwaves:
On a talk show last fall, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail G. Delyagin had some tart words about Vladimir V. Putin. When the program was later televised, Mr. Delyagin was not.Bet Duhbya'd like to do something similar with his old press secretary, huh?
Not only were his remarks cut — he was also digitally erased from the show, like a disgraced comrade airbrushed from an old Soviet photo. (The technicians may have worked a bit hastily, leaving his disembodied legs in one shot.)
Mr. Delyagin, it turned out, has for some time resided on the so-called stop list, a roster of political opponents and other critics of the government who have been barred from TV news and political talk shows by the Kremlin.
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