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  1. Everything in the world is relative and depends on the point of reference. If you compare it with North Korea or Kazakhstan, or Maoist China (now everything is much better there), or even our very recent past of the Andropov era, then we simply have incredible freedom of speech. They are not jailed en masse for anti-government jokes, and they are also not jailed for an insufficiently enthusiastic way of thinking about the Leader of the Nation and his general line. Even some print and other media outlets are allowed to criticize the work of the management in the harshest possible terms (although they must first make sure that the audience of these media outlets is within the statistical error of measurement). �In general, beauty.

    Only let's not look at the developed countries? On some French Guignioli on federal TV, wiping their feet on any superiors, on the Times and the Guardian with millions of copies, discussing in detail every step of the Prime Minister and every puncture of the cabinet at least in some trifle, on Icelandic journalists who forced the whole prime minister to first run away in fear from an interview, and then resign altogether simply because he discovered offshore companies in Panama No need to look there, the disorder is one.

    As for the fear of harassment..I personally have no fear as such, perhaps. Although, I understand perfectly well that if suddenly someone at the top wants to do this (well, or just the lot falls out like the guys from Bolotnaya, where, by the way, I was also), they can easily put me in jail not only for my political beliefs and statements.

  2. Formal data: Russia ranks 142nd in the Press Freedom Index. Informal evidence in favor of the correctness of the compilers of this index-from the dispersal of the “unique journalistic team” on NTV to similar processes in Lenta, on the RBC website, etc., etc.

  3. Our society is divided into those who watch TV and those who read newspapers and surf the Internet. Alexander Lyubimov once brilliantly said that we may not have freedom of speech in our country, but there is freedom to receive information. It all depends on the level of infantilism of a person. If he wants to know what's going on in the country, he has bookmarks in the browser, and he can open New, Medusa, RBC, Rain, Echo, New Times, and so on. If there is a desire to get a picture of the world, and not just run after Pokemon, or run after those who run after Pokemon, then he has the opportunity to do this. But you need to overcome your own infantilism, you need to want to know the truth.

    At first, a fact was considered true, and now your community's perception of this fact is considered true. Now it's more important what your friend thinks about the fact. Propaganda against propaganda, state against private. And the truth is once again on the sidelines. A responsible consumer of information is always able to get to the bottom of it and get a 3D picture of what is happening.

  5. In my opinion, there is more freedom of speech in Russia than anywhere else. I remember celebrating New Year's Eve in Biarritz, France, about 10 years ago. When I asked how I liked Biarritz, I said that I liked it and it was good that there were few Negroes and Arabs here. You should have seen the horror of the French at my words! They almost got under the tables and whispered that they can't say that and that I'm a racist. I replied that I was a tourist and that where there were Arabs and Negroes, there was crime. It's the same with gays. Try blurting out something out of place. They went crazy with their so-called tolerance. And given the institution of lawyers developed in the West, almost everything can be considered intolerant and offensive and sued. In Russia , thank God, I have never faced the problem of freedom of speech. And in the media, everyone, including the opposition, can express any point of view. Sometimes I think that we have more than enough freedom of speech, but not enough censorship.

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