Russian Newspapers on the Events of October 3-4, 1993

摘要

The subject of the study is the problem of the role of the central periodical press in the events of October 3-4, 1993. This paper reviews the problems of forming a new statehood of Russia, the study of the reaction of public and the journalistic community to the events of the "small civil war", a constitutional conflict between the President of Russia and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation. The authors consider the role of Russian pro-government and opposition newspapers in shaping public opinion in the context of information warfare and armed conflict in early October 1993. The authors come to the conclusion that the introduction of censorship and the bet on military methods for resolving the conflict had predetermined the historic choice of new Russia consolidated the victory for the supporters of President Boris N. Yeltsin and showed that the formation of a new civil society in Russia would be long.