Euronews: closing Kiev Russian version of the channel is a political decision

Disabling the Russian version of Euronews is a political decision, said Vice-President of the Supervisory Board of Euronews Pyotr Fyodorov.

The Ukrainian national Council on television and radio gave the order on Thursday to disable the Russian version of Euronews TV channel, broadcasting in Ukraine in Ukrainian.

" This is most likely a political decision, which, I think, did not make much sense, " said Fedorov in broadcast television channel.

according to him, the Russian version of Euronews TV channel, as far as he knows from the Ukrainian colleagues, " causes profaned among the Kiev authorities "because They think it is " too imbued Kremlin spirit."

" Even something that shows the Ukrainian version of Euronews, with those comments coming, but because of a set of stories, the picture is barely acceptable for Kiev authorities. They think, because It destroys their monopoly, " said he.

Fedorov said that formally the national Council has not violated any agreements and commitments, " only the Council had violated the rights of Ukrainian Russian TV viewers ".

at the end of July, the Ukrainian court ruled on the suit of the national Council conclusion on the stop broadcast on the square of Ukraine Russian channel RTR-Planeta ", " NTV-Mir ", " Russia 24 " and " TV Center-International (ÒVÑ). As specified in the court decision, the content of TV programs As if it does not correspond with Ukrainian and European legislation and for this reason cannot be broadcast in Ukraine.

however, in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stressed that the only source of information for the Western media to cover events in the East of Ukraine is Kiev, the position of the other parties to the conflict - militias and authorities of the breakaway republics - they don't tell you.

Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the region's population. In the Russian capital this special operation, which has already resulted in numerous casualties on both sides, as well as among the civilian inhabitants, called punitive and agitate Kiev immediately to stop her.


sections: Politics