“…The state also has its own extensive media holdings and state news agencies have not changed their ownership structures (Becker, 2004;Rantanen & Vartanova, 1995). Further, as Vartanova (2012) observes, neither the Russian state nor the Russian public have supported clear and transparent rules for the media, as they have for other political and social institutions. However, Vartanova (2012, pp.…”