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The author offers opinions on President Vladimir Putin of Russia, stating that his own expulsion from the country as a foreign correspondent indicates that Putin's government is threatened by public disclosure of its actions.

The author addresses the declining practice of press freedom in Russia.

This article focuses on the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's secret trip to Moscow, Russia on September 7, 2009. The trip angered the Israeli media as Prime Minister Netanyahu's aides admitted that they misled journalists about his whereabouts. It also raised speculation that Israel is seeking Russia's cooperation for its efforts to halt the Iranian nuclear program. Some analysts believe that the trip was an effort to secure an Israeli-Palestinian summit to be hosted by Moscow.

The article comments on the move by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to subjugate media press. It argues that some media outlets have been controlled by Putin's allies. The author states that the press have been dominated by oligarchs surrounding Putin, and thus little is known on how they accumulated their riches. He says that the documentary film "Letter to Ana" featuring the life of the late investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya will capture the attention of the public on the reality of censorship and corruption in the country.

Argues that journalists could learn valuable lessons to the policy of government in Russian towards the pass media. Discussion on the views of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the relationship between the mass media and the state; Role of the mass media politics; Mission of the mass media.