Russia's president-in-waiting Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday media freedoms are guaranteed in Russia -- by the Internet.

The 42-year-old Medvedev, currently Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister, told journalists he went online to check news and views at the beginning and end of each working day.

"There is news from the main channels, regional channels, there is news from foreign channels and finally there is news produced, so to say, on media sites which hold opposition views against the authorities."

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