: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russian security forces raid independent Crimean TV station


MOSCOW (AP) — Russian security forces raided independent Crimean television station ATR on Monday, seizing equipment and telling employees they were looking for archival footage of an anti-Russia protest last year, station officials said.
In an emotional video posted on YouTube, deputy director Liliya Budzhurova said that armed men from Russia’s Investigative Committee and counterterrorism officials appeared at the station early Monday. Budzhurova said they had seized equipment, including servers of archival footage showing the February 2014 demonstration against the Russian takeover, effectively shutting down the channel’s broadcast operations.
ATR was established as the first-ever channel dedicated to the Crimean Tatars, an …read more

Source: KXAN

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