Russian Acts of Kindness

Sun May 5 22:53:43 UTC 2013

I am not surprised that Russia was ranked 148th out of 179th. What
is surprising that the organization with the annual reported budget of
4,000.000 British pounds (roughly the income of 4-5 CNN reporters) can
be trusted to produce comprehensive and valid research in 200 countries.

On Sun, 5 May 2013 21:49:33 +0000, Rutsala, Kirsten M. wrote: 

> The
most recent Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders
places Russia 148th out of 179 countries, and its position has fallen
six points from last year. The United States is ranked at 32. For those
of us who study Russia and the Russian media, this should come as no
surprise. I don't think it is at all accurate to suggest that freedom of
speech and expression in Russia and the U.S. are in any way comparable
(though the U.S. might want to take some pointers from Finland, which
ranks #1 in the Press Freedom Index). 
> 
>
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html [6] 
> 
> Kirsten
Rutsala 
> Assistant Professor of Russian 
> Department of Modern
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 
> University of Oklahoma 
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Kaufman Hall 
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> FROM: SEELANGS: Slavic & East
European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on
behalf of Rylkova,Galina S [grylkova at UFL.EDU]
> SENT: Sunday, May 05,
2013 4:30 PM
> TO: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> SUBJECT: Re: [SEELANGS]
Russian Acts of Kindness
> 
> With all due respect, I find such
statements condescending and ill-informed. I watch several Russian
programs and read Russian news on a daily basis and can say that Russian
people enjoy the same amount of freedom (freedom of speech and
expression) as any Americans do in the United States. I would actually
say that the variety of opinions that one can find in Russian newspapers
and on Russian political shows would be very hard to match here. 
> 
>
Sincerely, 
> 
> Galina Rylkova 
> 
> On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:20:01 -0400,
Charles Townsend wrote: 
> 
>> We always knew there were lots of kind
Russians, and it's such a great country in so many ways. But that
benighted entity has become the Soviet Union again, with its constant
repressions, suppressions, threats and the obstacles to humane policy it
throws up. It's really sad. We're left with their marvelous language.

>> Charlie Townsend
>> 
>> On May 5, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Katya Ites
wrote: 
>> 
>>> Thank you, Ben, for sharing :)
>>> 
>>> Katya I.
UMass-Amherst 
>>> 
>>> 2013/5/5 Benjamin Rifkin 
>>> 
>>>> Dear
SEELANGers: 
>>>> In the context of all the negative stories about
Russia, there is this: 
>>>>
http://kottke.org/13/05/tender-moments-caught-on-russian-dash-cams [1]

>>>> With best wishes to all, 
>>>> Ben Rifkin 
>>>> The College of New
Jersey
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Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures
256 Dauer Hall
University of
Florida
Gainesville, FL
32611
USA
grylkova at ufl.edu
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