Moldovan TV channels fined for retransmission of the Russian programs
On Tuesday, the Coordinating Council of the audiovisual (CCA) Moldova adopted a series of punitive measures against all Moldovan TV channels, relay the information program of the Russian channels. based on the discussion of the CCA at the time stopped right Ren Moldova on advertising for 72 hours, and the Prime channels, TV7 and RTR Moldova were punished to the maximum provided for in the legislation with a fine in the amount of 5 thousand 400 lei (about $ 300), according to news Agency ". The Board reasoned this decision " infractions of the principle of the socio-political balance, impartiality and objectivity in news programs relayed from the Russian Federation ". Penalties were adopted according to the results of monitoring conducted from 14 to 21 July. As a result of the monitoring information programs on Russian TV channels have been recognized as " one-sided " and " propaganda ", it was also determined that " television channels that relay from Russia news programs, one-sided covered with weapons of conflict in Ukraine ". Authorized broadcasters told about the intention to challenge the penalty in court. They stressed that " retransmission Russian news programs incorporated in the grid Moldovan broadcasting channels ", They are broadcast in real time and to monitor the content of these programs is impossible. They described the criticism of the CCA As an attempt to censor and to interfere in the editorial policy of the channel ", which is prohibited by applicable law. For its part, the CCA reminded that this situation has been discussed at the meeting of the CCA in the spring when all broadcasters were warned " about the need for compliance with the law, ensure pluralism of opinions and objective coverage of events in the neighboring country ". Then Authorized broadcasters promised that They will not violate the provisions of the Code on audiovisual media. Remember, in July 2014, after some time after ratification by the Parliament of Moldova of the Treaty of Union with the European Union, the Coordinating Council of the audiovisual Moldova has banned the broadcast of the TV channel " Russia-24 " square country due to a " mismatch between the programs of the channel code of broadcasting in Moldova ". As told in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the decision of Moldova to introduce a ban on the broadcast of the TV channel " Russia-24 ", adopted on the wave of euphoria from the signing of the Treaty of Union with the EU, does not meet the basic European democratic principles.