June 8-9 -a series of meeting were held in Irkutsk on the topicof ""Media as an Institution of Civil Society: Medias Relationship with the Authorities, and the Rights and Responsibilities of a Journalist"". The event was organized by the Russian Public ChambersCommission for Communications, Information Policy, and Freedom of Speech in Mass Media.
Valery Fedorov, Director General of VCIOM,participated in the hearing and spoke on ""The Index of Media Freedom in the Irkutsk Oblast"".
Valery Fedorovs report can be found here (file in Russian)