Freedom of Press and Speech Power point by

Freedom of Press and Speech Power point by: Nicolette Briglio

The Definition of Freedom to press and Speech in Russia • Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought and speech. • Propaganda or campaigning inciting social, racial, national or religious hatred and strife is impermissible. The propaganda of social, racial, national, religious or language superiority is forbidden. • No one may be coerced into expressing one's views and convictions or into renouncing them. • Everyone shall have the right to seek, get, transfer, produce and disseminate information by any lawful means. The list of information constituting the state secret shall be established by the federal law. • The freedom of the mass media shall be guaranteed. Censorship shall be prohibited.

President Putin • President Vladimir Putin looks like a very professional, outstanding president. He is standing there with confidence and most citizens want a president leading their country who looks confident and can stand up and lead with pride for the people. What most people do not know is that Putin is for himself and the power. He doesn’t follow the laws in the constitution of Russia.

Russian Statistics of Free Press/Speech • This picture represent the levels of how the freedom of press was in 2012 in all different countries. The red color which is covering Russia stands for very, very difficult. Which you can see that the black color is the worst, but the red is the second worst. If Russia has a constitution that states all freedom of press is to be uncensored, there is to be no propaganda and everyone is allowed to have a voice, then WHY is Russia covered in the color red?

People giving examples This is a picture of a group that is against Putin. As you can tell by the poster it explains how Putin is acting as a dictator and not caring about the opinions of the citizens, but he cares when it comes out in newspapers or on the internet, just like on this poster. This picture is showing two girls with tape over their mouths because they basically have to keep shut about anything they see bad in Russia because Putin doesn’t want outsiders to think of Russia as horrible if they post or write anything that doesn’t follow the orders of Putin. If they are seen protesting or sharing their personal opinions they could be punished.

What you want is not what you get The people of Russia want the picture on the right which shows the nation of Russia and the colors that represent Russia. Inside is “FREE SPEECH ZONE, ” but Putin doesn’t allow that. Citizens of Russia are afraid to speak up because they are afraid of what the outcome with Putin will be, which can be shown by the picture on the left.

The real view on freedom of press and speech in Russia • As you reviewed this power point you are know filled with the knowledge that the democratic government that Russia is supposed to be running is being sabotaged by its own president, turning it into absolute.