The body of TOGLIATTI OBSERVER Editor-in-Chief Alexei Sidorov is laid to rest next to the grave of his close friend, former Editor-in-Chief Valery Ivanov, just 18 months after Ivanov’s assassination.

The Face of Russia
http://www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/
Who are the Russian people? How have they expressed their character and inner conflicts in their art and culture? And, as Russia’s long-awaited democracy develops, how will the Russian people redefine themselves culturally, spiritually, and politically?

Committee to Protect Journalists
http://cpj.org
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. A group of U.S. foreign correspondents created CPJ in response to the often brutal treatment of their foreign colleagues by authoritarian governments and other enemies of independent journalism.

Online NewsHour — Law and Order in Russia — October 28, 2003
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec03/russia_10-28.html
The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s top entrepreneur and a government critic, has rocked the country’s financial markets and fueled criticism of President Putin for being anti-democratic.

Online NewsHour — Muzzling the Media? — June 16, 2000
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/russia_6-16.html
Three experts discuss press freedom in Russia.

Online NewsHour: Power Shift — January 3, 2000
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june00/russia_01-03.html
Russia’s acting president Vladimir Putin promises to clean up widespread corruption. Following this background report, Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with experts.

Attacks on the Press 2003 — Europe — Russia
http://cpj.org/attacks03/europe03/russia.html
Read about the documented cases of attacks against the press in Russia for 2003.

NPR — Russian Oligarchs
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1916873
NPR’s Lawrence Sheets reports as the trial of a Russian oil baron approaches.

NPR — Russian Oligarchs Wait for Fallout of Arrest
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1480689
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with David Hoffman, foreign editor for THE WASHINGTON POST about Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

FRONTLINE/WORLD — Moscow — Rich in Russia
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/
Sabrina Tavernise, a NEW YORK TIMES reporter who covered Russia for six years, examines the rise of Russia’s oligarchs — the men who became wealthy during the wild privatization period after the fall of communism.

The Russia Journal Daily — Latest News
http://www.russiajournal.com/
Russian Newspaper Web site.

Oligarch — Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarch
Brief background on the oligarchs who came to prominence under President Boris Yeltsin.