Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART 1; 1 Liberties and rights; I Liberty or licence?; II Human rights or human obligations?; III The trial of Pussy Riot; 2 Dimensions of free speech; I What size free space?; II Laws and rules of the game; 3 What price free speech?; I A lucrative profession; II 'A journalist in Russia is more than a journalist'; III The ultimate price; 4 The normalisation of lying; I Living with lies; II Two kinds of lying; III The lies of censorship; PART 2; 5 The Gorbachev era: glasnost; I The 'Gorby' phenomenon
II Central televisionIII Glasnost breaks free; 6 The coup: give freedom a chance; I Tragedy or farce?; II Freedom and national identity; 7 The Yeltsin era: free speech; I Transition to democracy; II Soviet television dismantled; III Television and cash; IV Media empire-building; 8 The Putin regime: patrimonial media; I The Putin Project; II Putin and free speech; III Doctrine of Information Security; IV Putin's third presidential term: truth and alternative realities; Conclusion; Index
