Anna Kachkayeva

Assange interviews Hezbollah chief in Russian TV debut

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday made his debut as a chat show host on a Kremlin-funded channel with a deliberately shocking choice of first guest -- the leader of Hezbollah.
 

Russian TV struggles with Kremlin control

MOSCOW (Reuters) - For one evening last week, Fox News was among Russian television's best sources of information on the swell of protest in Moscow against alleged fraud in a parliamentary election that handed victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party.
 

Self-censorship blunts Russian TV ahead of election

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Less than a year from Russia's March 2012 presidential election, television reporters say the pressure on them is growing to steer clear of topics that their bosses fear might offend the Kremlin's political managers.