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The article is devoted to the study of the essence of direct democracy in the context of the implementation of people’s sovereignty. It is substantiated that democracy of participation is one of the most effective and actual types of direct democratic governance in the modern world. The diversity of its institutions makes it possible to participate in the management of the state by every citizen if he has a sufficient level of legal awareness.

Beginning in 2014, the occupied Crimea is undergoing change both in the political-legal sphere and in the information. The mass media are most affected by the harassment of the new government. The mass media was forced to immediately change the registration and start acting in the interests of the Kremlin. In the event of a refusal, the editions, radio stations and TV channels were closed, searched and seized of all the materials produced. Journalists were threatened and persecuted.