However, although the Soviet media system is extinct in its original form, its history has a lot to contribute to our understanding of media elsewhere in the world. First, as noted, Soviet media had a...

However, although the Soviet media system is extinct in its original form, its history has a lot to contribute to our understanding of media elsewhere in the world. First, as noted, Soviet media had a strong overlap with media under other dictatorships and with so-called development media.