Russia: Blog as Mass Media Outlet · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

LJ user ottenki-serogo is the first Russian blogger to have officially registered his blog as a mass media outlet. Many readers are asking: “What for?” One of the 168 comments to the post (RUS) with a scanned copy of the registration certificate, by LJ user vlada_lad (RUS): “Good thing that readers don't have to register anywhere yet. :)”