Broadcast five Ukrainian channels suspended in Donetsk
Donetsk leading telecommunications Company MATRIX (LLC " Donbas electronic communication " ) upon request of the management of Donetsk national Republic has suspended the broadcast of five Ukrainian channels. " Firm MATRIX on demand DND forced to disable the Ukrainian channels: channel 5, 1 1, the television channel " Donbass ", UBR, NEWS 24. Below printable original obtained requirements ", - is informed in the report on the Internet the organization MATRIX. The company announced the requirements they put forward Authorized DND." in connection with the distribution of separate Ukrainian channels of information aimed at inciting enmity between Russian and Ukrainian people, racial hostility, the imposition of national and social hatred, neo-Nazism, the glorification accomplices German Nazism, campaign for violence, dissemination of false information about the activities of the Donetsk national Republic, in accordance with the Constitution DND demand to stop broadcasting ", - reported in the text. The firm said that actions taken to stop the broadcast are forced. Recall, in March the Kyiv district administrative court has stopped the activity of Russian TV channels in Ukraine during consideration of the suit of the National Council, which addressed the providers of the Republic with the recommendation to stop the re-broadcasts of Russian TV channels. The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century, explaining the possible ban on Ukraine on broadcasting of Russian TV channels, said, it will be a serious infractions of international norms. The Commissioner of the foreign Ministry on the issues of human rights Konstantin Dolgov noticed that disabling channels is an attack on freedom of Ukrainians who can watch TV on Russian language. The OSCE also urged the Ukrainian authorities not to block the channels. Director General of the First channel Konstantin Ernst with own hand tried to persuade Ukraine to cancel the suspension of the retransmission of Russian channel and expressed readiness to present its case in the open court. Television channel NTV announced that the Ukrainian viewers are able to watch the live broadcast on the Internet representation.