Rospechat
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Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (Федеральное агентство по печати и массовым коммуникациям России) is the regulating state agency within the hierarchy of modern Russian Government. It also may be referred to as abbreviation FAPMC (ФАПМК) or by the short name Rospechat (Роспечать).
The agency is the former Ministry of Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communications (МПТР). It was transformed during governmental reform in 2004 and subordinated to Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications, so it was no longer a standalone ministry. Since reorganization, it is headed by Seslavinsky, Mikhail Vadimovich.
As stated on the Russian government website, the FAPMC "a) executes law enforcement and provides state services in sphere of creation and functioning of mass media and mass communications, television and radio, usage of radio-frequency spectrum and orbital positions of communication sputniks for the purposes of television and radio broadcasting, development of means of mass communications and spreading of mass media, in sphere of information interchange, broadcasting of additional information, computer networks of common usage in the area of electronic mass media, printing, activities in publishing and polygraphy; b) maintains all-Russian registers of mass media and mass communications, TV and radio broadcasting companies, makers of audio and video production" (http://www.government.ru/government/executivepowerservices/ministries/mincult/podved/smi_agency/index.htm).
The Rospechat is supposed to be one of the authorities overseeing usage of the Internet
in Russia (along with Ministry of IT and Communications). It supports several projects such as The Runet Prize and well-known Gramota.ru, the educational portal on the Russian language
. It also had sponsored Maksim Moshkow's Library — the most famous Russian language free online library — and animator.ru
, a website dedicated to chronicling Russian animation
.
The agency is the former Ministry of Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communications (МПТР). It was transformed during governmental reform in 2004 and subordinated to Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications, so it was no longer a standalone ministry. Since reorganization, it is headed by Seslavinsky, Mikhail Vadimovich.
As stated on the Russian government website, the FAPMC "a) executes law enforcement and provides state services in sphere of creation and functioning of mass media and mass communications, television and radio, usage of radio-frequency spectrum and orbital positions of communication sputniks for the purposes of television and radio broadcasting, development of means of mass communications and spreading of mass media, in sphere of information interchange, broadcasting of additional information, computer networks of common usage in the area of electronic mass media, printing, activities in publishing and polygraphy; b) maintains all-Russian registers of mass media and mass communications, TV and radio broadcasting companies, makers of audio and video production" (http://www.government.ru/government/executivepowerservices/ministries/mincult/podved/smi_agency/index.htm).
The Rospechat is supposed to be one of the authorities overseeing usage of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
in Russia (along with Ministry of IT and Communications). It supports several projects such as The Runet Prize and well-known Gramota.ru, the educational portal on the Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
. It also had sponsored Maksim Moshkow's Library — the most famous Russian language free online library — and animator.ru
Animator.ru
Animator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and the CIS. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animators labour exchange...
, a website dedicated to chronicling Russian animation
History of Russian animation
The History of Russian animation is very rich, but is so far a nearly unexplored field for Western film theory and history. As most of Russia's production of animation for film|cinema and television was created during Soviet times, it may also be referred to as the History of Soviet...
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