Days after President Vladimir Putin signed a law forcing foreign companies to sell stakes in Russian media, members of Russia's upper house of parliament have advocated applying state pressure to combat a glut of "negative" news that is poisoning the country's image, a news report said Friday.
The Moscow Times: Censorship fears grow as officials move to tackle ‘negativity’ in Russian media
Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of media conglomerate Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) gestures as he attends a press conference in Moscow on May 26, 2014.
