ètica periodística, televisió russa, televisió soviètica, NTV, Putin,
censura.Media ethics in the post-Soviet context: the case of Russian television
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Soviet ideological system, the entrance
of the Soviet Union to all economic sectors of the free market and the introduction
of democratic parties all had effects on the ethical behaviour of journalists, particularly
those in television. This paper analyses these effects and takes into account
Russian and Western approaches to the evolution of mass media and the profession of
journalism in the post-Soviet period. Based on the four fundamental principles of media
ethics (Alsius, 1999) truth, freedom, justice and responsibility this paper
analyses how these principles have been observed since the fall of the USSR, it identifies the codes and agreements between the various communication media over this period
and it outlines the media events that have had most impact on the debate concerning
ethical behaviour in the communication media in Russia
