Ukrainian censorship of Russian media becomes a complete ban.

[another_liberal]

The Ukrainian government is apparently so sensitive about alternate or critical views concerning its domestic policies (including an on-going "anti-terror operation" in separatist regions) that it has decided to hand out fines and license revocations to any cable providers who still dare to carry Russian-produced media.

Kiev orders crackdown on Ukrainian providers broadcasting Russian TV channels.

Ukrainian cable providers could face heavy fines or have their licenses revoked if they broadcast leading Russian channels – including RT – which were earlier “suspended” by a series of court orders.

“Ukraine is a sovereign state and must defend its media space from outside aggression from Russia, which is purposely inciting hatred between different groups of Ukrainians within the country,” said interior ministry adviser Anton Geraschenko in a statement on his Facebook page. Kiev has promised “total monitoring” of all outlets, including “hotels, sanatoriums and hospitals” which have been instructed to switch off their Russian feeds “before officers of the law pay a visit.”

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Geraschenko said that if Russia attempted to install retransmitters that would allow its channels to be received in the border regions, Ukraine would activate its Soviet-era jammers, used decades ago to prevent Western media outlets such as BBC from reaching the USSR.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović criticized the initial bans as “repressive” and “a form of censorship without legal basis.” About a third of Ukrainians consider Russian their native language, including the majority of those in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and while some Ukrainian channels broadcast in Russian, Moscow-based outlets have enjoyed enduring popularity in the country.

Read more at: http://rt.com/news/181440-ukraine-bans-russian-tv/

[Fred Sanders]

1. The fascists must quash all dissent, that is how they rock.

[R3druM]

4. Ah yes, the "Ukrainian" fascists...

The favorite Kremlin talking point.

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But nobody is buying it, except Russians.

[another_liberal]

6. Just because the fascists in Kiew don't all call themselves fascists . . .

Does not mean they don't look, talk and act exactly like fascists, because they certainly do.

[pampango]

10. True. Fascists are known by their deeds, not their words. They are on both sides, perhaps

moreso on the Russia side.

Fascist movements shared certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation, and it asserts that stronger nations have the right to expand their territory by displacing weaker nations.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

[another_liberal]

11. Perhaps so . . .

But when Ukraine's fascist "Right Sector" threatened to march on the government in Kiev unless more than 400 of their members (arrested on various violent charges) were released from jail, the authorities released everyone as demanded.

That kind of thing is not happening "on both sides."

[Cha]

8. Thank you for this, R3druM.. 'cause I for one am getting really tired of hearing that propaganda

from RfuckingT.

[another_liberal]

12. As in so many other things . . .

Size does not necessarily indicate quality.

Your graphic could be just as easily read at half this size. But perhaps it's just intended to break the flow of the conversation anyway.

[joshcryer]

13. Not to mention half the worlds actual Nazi's live in Russia.

[another_liberal]

5. They're turning on their old Soviet jamming transmitters?!

Talk about somebody declaring defeat in the war of ideas!

[R3druM]

2. Well..

Considering that Ukraine is being openly invaded by Russian armor and special forces (they are not even trying to hide it anymore by using T-72 tanks and newest APC's), banning Russian state owned television is a good move.

And yet another RT link from DU favorite Kremlin propagandist. How typical.

[another_liberal]

3. Don't believe everything you hear . . .

Especially when you hear it on Western media.

(sigh)

[R3druM]

7. Not western media

I am Russian in Moscow, and my info comes from the precious few liberal newspapers/blogs that are still operating (Novaya Gazeta, Echo of Moscow). Yours come from Kremlin propaganda outlet with unlimited funding.

[another_liberal]

9. You are welcome to call yourself whatever you please.

How would I know any different?

But I do know that you know nothing about where I might get my "information."


BTW: Welcome, as well, to Democratic Underground!