Feb 07, 2021, 16:35 pm
Couple days ago Zelensky sanctioned Kremlin-friendly news outlets in the Ukraine...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky this week issued a decree enforcing sanctions on 112, NewsOne, and ZiK TV channels, believed to be controlled by Vladimir Putin's crony Viktor Medvedchuk, which caused a huge public stir. This is indeed a significant move that could have quite serious consequences.
Representatives of pro-Russian political forces, as well as their media pool, immediately jumped on a train of spinning claims of censorship, violations of freedom of speech, and so on. At the same time, Ukraine's Western partners have backed sanctions against the said TV channels, as evidenced by statements by British, American and a number of other embassies, who said that information is a weapon in modern times, and that information security is no less important than any other.
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/ban-on-medvedchuk-s-tv-channels-in-ukraine-implications-for-zelensky-pro-russian-actors-and-ukraine-11311577.html
(see below)
President Volodymyr Zelensky this week issued a decree enforcing sanctions on 112, NewsOne, and ZiK TV channels, believed to be controlled by Vladimir Putin's crony Viktor Medvedchuk, which caused a huge public stir. This is indeed a significant move that could have quite serious consequences.
Quote:If we analyze these outlets' activity over the recent period, we will see that they had been openly promoting narratives fitting the interests of Russia and its external influence effortsA blow to Russia's information influence in Ukraine
Representatives of pro-Russian political forces, as well as their media pool, immediately jumped on a train of spinning claims of censorship, violations of freedom of speech, and so on. At the same time, Ukraine's Western partners have backed sanctions against the said TV channels, as evidenced by statements by British, American and a number of other embassies, who said that information is a weapon in modern times, and that information security is no less important than any other.
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/ban-on-medvedchuk-s-tv-channels-in-ukraine-implications-for-zelensky-pro-russian-actors-and-ukraine-11311577.html