Alexei Venediktov: Russia Weakened by Absence of Competition and Isolation

... an animated media system. The most interactive platform by nature, radio sits closest to the Internet as a communication media. But we are still in the early days of this interplay and it is difficult to predict the future. Do you have rivals on the Russian radio broadcast market? Sure we have. Any conversational or information-oriented station is our competitor, such as Business FM, Govorit Moskva, Mayak, and Russian Information Service – actually there are about a dozen stations like this in Moscow....