Journalists in Russia are respected and have an opportunity to freely express their views, Russian Interfax news agency reported on 12 July, quoting a poll carried out by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) in July.

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Forty-five per cent of the respondents said that journalists are well respected in society, which is 8 per cent less than in 2007. Twenty-six per cent think otherwise and 29 per cent could not say.

Top five journalists who are respected by Russians are Vladimir Pozner (7 per cent), Andrey Malakhov and Andrey Karaulov (4 per cent each), Vladimir Solovyev (3 per cent), and Leonid Parfenov (2 per cent).

Forty-nine per cent of the Russians think there is no problem with the freedom of speech in Russia: they believe that now journalists have "as many as necessary" opportunities to express their opinions.

However, one in five (19 per cent) believe there are "too many" such opportunities, and 14 per cent of Russians believe that, on the contrary, they are "too few of them".

Forty-six per cent said journalists have a positive effect on the life of the country, 26 per cent said there is no effect and 9 per cent said the effect is negative.

According to the poll, the journalists' professionalism is in decline: 34 per cent think the level of professionalism is high, compared to 52 per cent in 2007. In their view, the Russian media "work well", "convey much information" and "prepare interesting and topical reports".

Nineteen per cent said the journalists' professional level is low (21 per cent in 2007). They said that "there is no enough truthful and objective information" and "there is a lot of gossip and sensationalism".

A large part of the respondents, 47 per cent, could not answer the question (27 in 2007).

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Journalists in Russia are respected and have an opportunity to freely express their views, Russian Interfax news agency reported on 12 July, quoting a poll carried out by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) in July.

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Forty-five per cent of the respondents said that journalists are well respected in society, which is 8 per cent less than in 2007. Twenty-six per cent think otherwise and 29 per cent could not say.

Top five journalists who are respected by Russians are Vladimir Pozner (7 per cent), Andrey Malakhov and Andrey Karaulov (4 per cent each), Vladimir Solovyev (3 per cent), and Leonid Parfenov (2 per cent).

Forty-nine per cent of the Russians think there is no problem with the freedom of speech in Russia: they believe that now journalists have "as many as necessary" opportunities to express their opinions.

However, one in five (19 per cent) believe there are "too many" such opportunities, and 14 per cent of Russians believe that, on the contrary, they are "too few of them".

Forty-six per cent said journalists have a positive effect on the life of the country, 26 per cent said there is no effect and 9 per cent said the effect is negative.

According to the poll, the journalists' professionalism is in decline: 34 per cent think the level of professionalism is high, compared to 52 per cent in 2007. In their view, the Russian media "work well", "convey much information" and "prepare interesting and topical reports".

Nineteen per cent said the journalists' professional level is low (21 per cent in 2007). They said that "there is no enough truthful and objective information" and "there is a lot of gossip and sensationalism".

A large part of the respondents, 47 per cent, could not answer the question (27 in 2007).