Armenia was the 101st on the annual Press Freedom Rating by Reporters without Borders. In the opinion of creators of the rating, the freedom of press record of Armenia has deteriorated. Thus, e.g. Armenia was 90th in 2003-2004. However, as compared with past year, Armenia raised one point in the rating. Meanwhile, Russia is 147th. North Korea has the worse record (168th). Turkmenistan is the 167th and Eritrea is 166th. The media is most independent in Finland, Island, Ireland and Netherlands.