Media: Kyiv plans full sweep of the information field

This week, the Parliament of Ukraine will see two bills, With the adoption of which the government will be able to fully control the TV in the country, writes the Ukrainian magazine.

1st draft law proposes to allow national TV for up to 6 months to pause the TV channels, which, in the opinion of the office, break the law." We emphasize that at the present time the Council can only issue warnings to broadcasters, And If you accumulate 3, then sue the closing of the channel. If the national Council will have the right without trial And warnings to turn off the TV for 6 months, this is the same right to immediate liquidation of the TV (unplug for six months for a channel - like death) ", - comments on the draft law journal.

The second draft law proposes to introduce a ban on television, " co-owners which are legal entities of the country-aggressor or invader ". For reviews of the author, this bill is directed against the Ukrainian TV channel " inter ", among the owners of which is listed Russian " 1st channel ". The " inter ", according to the ratings lead on Ukraine for hits on all the main target audiences." these laws insists Turchynov, And their support faction close to Kolomoisky. Both want to eliminate inter, but under the distribution have the opportunity to get And others, " said one of the deputies Block Poroshenko.

The adoption of these draft laws, increases the probability of bringing to full surveillance television from country to country." Is a sequential process of Stripping the information field, - commented the scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky.- currently, the Parliament is the team that got their hands on all of the key levers And has many years of professional training in the field of the " struggle for the freedom of speech ". But because her task complete Stripping completely under the force - unlike the previous government, which had no such levers And similar frames, And therefore was forced to negotiate with the oligarchs owning TV channels "


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