Title Assignment Moscow : reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin / James Rodgers

Published London : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Martin Sixsmith -- Introduction -- 1 Sympathies in the struggle: Reporting Russia in revolution, 1917 -- 2 'The press is lying, or does not know': Russia goes to war with itself -- 3 From 'A wild and barbarous country' via starvation to Stalinism -- 4 Believe everything but the facts -- 5 But what a story everything tells here: The Great Patriotic War -- 6 Secrets, censorship and cocktails with the Central Committee -- 7 A window on the country: Reporting reform and ruin 8 'Free for all': The Yeltsin era -- 9 Becoming strong again? -- 10 Russia: My History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Imprint Summary "The story of western correspondents in Russia is the story of Russia's attitude to the west. Russia has at different times been alternately open to western ideas and contacts, cautious and distant or, for much of the twentieth century, all but closed off. From the revolutionary period of the First World War onwards, correspondents in Russia have striven to tell the story of a country known to few outsiders. Their stories have not always been well received by political elites, audiences, and even editors in their own countries-but their accounts have been a huge influence on how the West understands Russia. Not always perfect, at times downright misleading, they have, overall, been immensely valuable. In Assignment Moscow , former foreign correspondent James Rodgers analyses the news coverage of Russia throughout history, from the coverage of the siege of the Winter Palace and a plot to kill Stalin, to the Chernobyl explosion and the Salisbury poison scandal."-- Provided by publisher Notes Description based upon print version of record Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily Subject Public opinion -- Western countries 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. Press coverage Public opinion SUBJECT Russia -- Press coverage Soviet Union -- Press coverage Russia (Federation) -- Press coverage Russia -- Foreign public opinion Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion Russia (Federation) -- Foreign public opinion Subject Russia Russia (Federation) Soviet Union Western countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780755601165 0755601165 0755601173 9780755601189 0755601181 9780755601172

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