Estonia can launch a Russian-language news channel, not influenced by politicians, it has the ability to be CN the CN or the BBC, said the Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rivals.
Russian channels (broadcasting in Estonia) tell your story, your truth. And this is a problem not only Russian-speaking people living in Estonia, this applies to London, And for the United States And other countries. They like to watch the news in your native language, that is logical, " said Revis, speaking at the Atlantic Council of the U.S. capital.
according to him, the decision in this case may be the development of local channels in Russian.
first, the Estonian Parliament blesed selection 2, 5 million euros for the development of the channel in the Russian language. He must start broadcasting on 1 September 2015. However, as long as neither the name nor his concept was not announced.
" The actual change of rules would help develop a quality of the channel in the Russian language - CN-CNN or BBC, which was not influenced by any politicians. Simple news channel in the Russian language ", - said the Prime Minister.
Only in Estonia live 1, 3 million people, of which 100 thousand have Russian citizenship, and about 90 thousand people do not have a nationality.
according to the Fund for the support And protection of the rights of Russian compatriots living abroad, Estonia 29% of residents consider Russian their native language. The proportion of people who speak Russian are much higher - 72%. In the Russian language as their native, also claim to living in the country of the Jews, Belarusians, Germans, poles, Ukrainians, Tatars And other Authorized people.
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