The national Council on television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine adopted the opinion on the ban broadcast on area of the country the Russian TV channel ' History'.

According to the press service of the regulator of broadcasting, the Council draws attention providers of program service on the necessity of the termination of this channel. The message explains that the monitoring of the national Council recorded the presence in the programme content channel misleading information in relation to historical events in Ukraine."

before the national Council filed a lawsuit to ban the broadcasting of programs on Russian television " 1st channel. Global network ", " RTR-Planeta ", " Russia-24 ", " NTV-Mir ", TVC. Similarly in the prohibited list included RT, " RBC-TV " and Life News. Just a list of 14 Russian channels.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called off Russian TV channel attack on freedom of the media, and the General Director of " First channel " Konstantin Ernst tried to persuade the Ukrainian government to reverse the decision, " contrary to the norms of international law and the interests of its clients.

before the OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic expressed concern about the requirement of the Ukrainian national Council on television and radio to national cable network to stop broadcasting of Russian TV channels. She called the ban broadcast programs without legitimate " form of censorship ". According to the Mijatovic, considerations of national security may not lead to the infringement of the freedom of the media.

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