Ukraine, the Russian-language TV to challenge Russia Today

2019-09-07T10:38:09.351Z

Kirill Timoscenko, deputy head of the presidential staff of Volodimir Zelensky, in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency said that Ukraine will soon launch the global TV in Russian. The goal is to reach the Russian-speaking population anywhere on the globe, but especially in the Crimea, in the Donbass, but also in the Russian Federation. The other underlying objective is to counter Russian propaganda spread by Moscow public television in English Russia Today. The government official underlined that thanks to the new media tool, Ukraine will be able to "fight to grab not only the minds of the Ukrainians, but also of the Russians". However, it is not clear whether the new TV is compatible or not with the new Ukrainian law, which came into force in July, which reduces national broadcasts of Ukrainian networks in foreign languages, including the language, to 10% within 24 hours. Russian.