As virtually all media outlets that North Caucasus republic maintain frequently updated web sites, according to the Internet columnist for the republic’s “Nastoyashcheye vremya.”
In an article featuring a photograph of four older Daghestani women looking at a laptop computer, Bagdat Tumalayev who writes frequently on Internet issues in the North Caucasus provides a comprehensive listing of the traditional media outlets that have their own websites.
As is the case elsewhere, such sites may be the salvation of some traditional media outlets by attracting more readers, listeners or viewers, of they may represent the death knell for others by causing people to stop reading, listening or viewing them.
But the extent of such online media in the regions means Moscow will likely find it ever more difficult to control the flow of news.
Below the list of the sites Tumalayev offers.
Daghestani newspapers online:
gazeta-nv.ru – “Nastoyashcheye vremya” weekly
ndelo.ru – “Novoye delo” weekly
dagpravda.ru – “Dagestanskaya Pravda” daily
respublic.net – “Respublika” weekly
chernovik.net – “Chernovik” weekly
mi-dag.ru – “Makhachkalionskiye izvestiya” daily
assalam.ru – newspaper of Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) of Daghestan
dagstadion.narod.ru – “Stadium” sports newspaper
dagorlenok.ru – “Orlenok Dagstana” youth newspaper
tryjenik.3dn.ru – “Selsky truzhennik,” a regional paper
proji.ru – “Prodzhi” features journal
dmdag.ru – “Delovoy mir Dagestana”
Башня05.рф – “Bashnya,” a youth newspaper with its own Facebook page
garage05.ru “Garage,” an automobile magazine
stpartner05.ru – “Stroipartner,” a construction industry paper with a guide to firms in Daghestan
Television sites:
gtrkdagestan.ru – Daghestan state television
rutvstar.ru – RuTV channel
tvchirkey.ru – Daghestani Islamic television channel
tvdrk.ru – Makhachkala advertising channel
mtv-stolica.ru – MTV youth channel
Radio sites:
radio-stolica.ru – "Stolitsa" Radio site.
mediaholding-stolica.ru – radio aggregator site
dagfm.ru – Volna media group site
99fm.ru – Kristall radio site
News service sites:
riadagestan.ru – RIA Dagestan news service
dagnews.com – Independent analytic service
Paul Goble is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, he can be contacted directly at [email protected]. You can read all his blog entries at http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/
