Hacker attacks hit Russian media outlets
Several media outlets in St. Petersburg, and the popular online news broadcaster Dozhd (Rain) have come under hacker attack, their representatives said on Thursday
Russian politician asks media to hush up mass killings
Populist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, called on the media on Tuesday to stop covering mass killings in order to avoid sparking copycat incidents
The hunt for Red October
Red October not only exposes the vulnerability of India’s national security, it reveals the new reality in cyber espionage – amateur hour is over and the professionals hired by nation states have taken over
Kaspersky Lab reveals international cyberspies
Kaspersky Lab has identified an elusive cyber espionage network that targets diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations in several countries, a company statement revealed
Putin greets Russian media on professional holiday
Russian President issued greetings to the Russian media as their professional holiday was marked on Sunday.
Putin’s state-of-the-nation address to focus on national unity
Russian President Vladimir Putin will focus in his state-of-the-nation address on strengthening moral values and Russia’s national unity, Kremlin’s chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, told reporters
RBTH expands into the Middle East
Russia Beyond the Headlines launches its first supplements in the United Arab Emirates during the first week of December.
Putin’s health and the media
2012 seems to be drawing to a close on a strange note of instability and unpredictability rather than the cast iron certainty that Putin’s return to the presidency in May seemed to promise
Supplements about Russia to appear in two leading Australian newspapers
On Nov. 15, Russia Beyond the Headlines will publish its first two supplements in Australia.
Free speech in peril
The “Innocence of Muslims” ruling places a question mark over freedom of speech
Anti-Muslim filmmaker arrested
The filmmaker of the provocative trailer and "supposed" film "The Innocence of Muslims" Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was arrested on Thursday in Los Angeles according to the local city prosecutor's office which released a statement reading: “The creator
YouTube: Blackout or compromise?
The fate of YouTube in Russia could be determined by anti-Islam film. Though only shown in one theater, "Innocence of Muslims" is testing the limits of Russia's Internet freedom in the wake of violent protests all over the world
India slides into political crisis
The parliamentary elections in India are due only 20 months later in 2014, but an element of uncertainty has already crept in
Russia awaits verdict on a new TV censorship law
As RIR found out, a law aimed at protecting children from harmful information is not as absurd as critics claim
World media summit in Moscow
In Moscow the World Media Summit is to open bring together an unprecedented number of participants.
Russia Beyond the Headlines now available in Hong Kong
The Russian Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper has launched a monthly bulletin in English as an enclosure to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post.
Online beats print in ad sales
Ad spending in Russia in 2011 exceeded the levels seen before the global financial crisis. More importantly, online ad sales topped those of print ads for the first time.
Media forum in Davos welcomed its participants from Russia, India
The annual global forum, Communication on Top, was held in Davos, Switzerland, on February 9-10, attracting some 100 participants from 30 countries.
Walt Disney: Emerging markets show fast growth
Lately, Walt Disney has actively invested in emerging markets. Among its recent acquisitions are Russia’s media group UTH and India’s movie studio UTV.
