Communicating Climate Change in Russia: State and Propaganda

The attitude of Russia towards climate change is extremely important for the success of climate change control policies worldwide, as Russia, with its cold climate and vast resources of carbon fuels, is one of the worlds biggest polluters. Moreover, Russia frequently comes across as not being very interested in containing environmental pollution. This book explores how issues to do with climate change are handled by the Russian media. It discusses how the state and economic elites have influenced Russias environmental communication, with the states control of the media strengthening since Putin came to power, and with control being exercised in some cases by ignoring or silencing the key issues.