TV Channel Staff Resign Over Kremlin 'censorship'

Senior journalists from the last national TV news programme to be mildly critical of the Kremlin have resigned from their channel, complaining of the "introduction of censorship and sweeping control".
Senior journalists from the last national TV news programme to be mildly critical of the Kremlin have resigned from their channel, complaining of the "introduction of censorship and sweeping control".

News editor Yelena Fyodorova and anchor Olga Romanova, who fronts the mildly critical 24 news programme, along with several colleagues, resigned from REN-TV on Monday, blaming managerial interference.

Ms Romanova was barred from entering the studio ten days ago.

ln September a state-loyal firm bought a 35% stake in REN-TV, which has an audience of 97 million.


By Guardian Unlimited © Copyright Guardian Newspapers 2008
Published: 12/6/2005
 
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