: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukrainian Channel Under Fire Over New Year’s Concert


Ukraine’s biggest television channel is under fire after broadcasting a New Year’s Eve concert featuring Russian singers who have publicly supported separatists in eastern Ukraine.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has urged the National Council on Television and Radio to immediately consider stripping the channel, Inter, of its license.

Turchynov accused Inter of “acting against the Ukrainian state” by showcasing Russian singers “who have mocked our country by supporting terrorists and welcoming the seizure of Crimea and the Donbas.

Ukraine’s minister of information policy, Yuriy Stets, said he planned to introduce a bill under which Russian performers will be barred …read more

Source: Voice of America

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