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This paper takes the view of the media developments of the Russian sector of Internet. Speaking on the Internet media professional media institutions are producing news in the net issues as well as in the Web versions of the traditional press, radio and TV formats. Russian Internet backbone is overviewed as a part of the cyberspace with its specifically points concerning infrastructural, financial, demographical and political aspects. Though Russia has economical and an infrastructure problem it is not a country with little Internet penetration and the Russian Web maintains the diversity of formats and content. The density of servers in some regions is approaching European standards. And the informational density is even reaching American. But poor traffics, high prices of the services, the lack of the state support are influencing media behavior of the Internet users. The paper is a result of the research undertaken with the teaching purposes and is the first stage of media classification in the Russian part of the Net Babylon. From an analysis of the sites that have been sampled, certain trends of Russian Internet media developments could be concerned. It is relevant to mention here the strong political interest that would be the most powerful motive for the Russian Internet media perspectives.