Show now there lias las never existed a political press in the real acceptance of the term in russia according to immemorial tradition the government of the czar only allows the publication of at news which is in every respect agreeable to its own ow views and opinions in certain special cases ases c of great importance when it is thought necessary either to excite or to calm public opinion the russian gavern government en t is I 1 a a trifle more lenient thus for instance in 1812 during the wars against napoleon L two newspapers suddenly made their appearance and at ones once became the recognized organs of the russian chauvinist party the russian Etus invalid mouthpiece of the ministry of war and the syn the first russian newspaper dates from the reign of the czar alexis 1643 1676 it was aown know under the ma name e of at current news and was only destined for the immediate entourage of the emperor the real founder of the rug RUB sian birz press was peter the gres great who first started the st petersburg gazette the official organ of the academy of sciences a complete collection cal leCtion of which exists since ITU correspond ace bace providence journal |