The World Press Freedom Day has been marked every year on May 3 after it was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993. In connection with this date, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) publishes the annual World Press Freedom index, which takes the temperature of the issue internationally. In this year’s index, Russia’s position as number 148 out of 180 countries was unchanged compared to last year’s result.
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Russia's state-controlled Russia Today (RT) television broadcast vans are seen parked in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin next to Red Square in Moscow on March 16, 2018.
