Russia: Analyst on How Social Networks Change Russian Media Environment  · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

“Twitter is faster than FSB,” argues Marina Litvinovich in her recent op-ed on social media in Russia [RUS]. Besides already observed effects of information de-monopolization she notes several new features of the country's media space: growth of mobile Internet and Facebook/Twitter. “[Facebook] like-er and re-poster – are the main heroes of new media epoch.”