VGTRK removes discussion programs from the air

The Deputy Chairman of the VGTRK Dmitry Kiselev, who reported the withdrawal from the air for the period of the presidential election of the “duel”, “special correspondent” and “historical process”, said this decision was made by the leadership of the television and radio company independently and under it, the newspaper.ru reports. Kiselev called the criticism of the authorities "incorrect". He also stated that "people who require honest elections do not need them, but simply start themselves."

"These are not socio-political talk shows, but acutely social programs, during which situations may arise that can be interpreted as support for a particular candidate. We want to avoid the risk of a false interpretation of this: they are for Putin, they are against Putin and accusations of engagement," Kiselev said. “We want to go through the campaign period cleanly and correctly,” he added.

“Media attempts to somehow interpret this are politically incorrect, we only want to provide all candidates equal to access to the state media,” the deputy chairman of the VGTRK continued. “For example, Irina Yasina, for example, in the“ Historical Process ”program, stated that these elections are illegitimate, but she declared this before the election and even before the start of campaign, people can abuse the venues provided.”

“There were no special circumstances and trigger for making this decision,” Kiselev assured. “There is an acute political situation, and it is in many ways imposing on us, and there is a feeling that people who require honest elections, that they really do not need them. And they do not need a reason for the reaction, they will turn themselves.”

On Thursday afternoon, Kiselev informed reporters that Russia 1 will remove socio-political talk shows from the air for the period of the presidential campaign company. “There will be no“ duel ”program for the period of agitation. There will be no“ historical process ”, there will be no“ special correspondent, ”said Kiselev RIA Novosti. TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, according to Kiselev, will conduct election debates.

On January 25, it became known that the head of the Directorate of the PRIME Broadcasting NTV Nikolai Kartosia leaves the television channel. Under the leadership of Kartosia, the broadcasts of the television channel were issued, which contained the criticism of the authorities - "Central Television", "Profession of the Reporter" and "NTVshniki". Kartosia, in a conversation with Gazeta.ru, has evaded the answer to the question of whether his departure of censorship on the TV channel is related. “Let me not grimace in front of you and say this way: I’m leaving for a number of reasons, we will confine myself to this,” Kartosia said.

The release of information programs for NTV is divided between the directorates of the primary and social and legal broadcasting. The Directorate of Social and Legal Broadcasting creates transmission on criminal themes, it most often sounds reproaches for creating custom-made plots against the opposition.

Kartosia specified that he himself decided to dismiss, and his departure was issued by agreement of the two parties. He added that he did not imagine what fate will be comprehended by the programs issued under his leadership. “I don’t know. I hope they are waiting for the most rainbow prospects.“ Central Television ”is my favorite project, there are professional people who can support the program at their level,” Kartosia said.

“I have reached a certain ceiling and I want to focus on new projects,” said RIA Novosti Cardias. "The television companies are not born. But it seems to me that I was born to a NTVshnik. I worked on NTV at different times, but they were all happy for me. The first project of my project was" the other day "with Leonid Parfyonov. The last in time -" Central Television ". Over these 11 years I came up with a lot of programs. Thank you for watching them," the agency’s interlocutor said.

“I am grateful to the television company, my beloved colleagues and personally Vladimir Mikhailovich Kulistikov, who always treated his father,” Kartosia added.

After the elections to the State Duma, when mass protests were held throughout Russia, extremely contradictory reports on rallies were published on NTV. So, in mid -December, NTV removed the “Last Word” program dedicated to protest shares from the air. At the same time, objective plots came out.

On December 13, Tatyana Mitkova, editor -in -chief of the NTV Information Broadcasting, promised that NTV would in detail the upcoming protests against falsifications in the Duma elections. “We will cover in the same way (as on December 10, when the plot about the rally of Alexei Pivovarov came on the air. - Ed.),” Mitkova said. “These events return us to 20 years ago stylistically,” Mitkova said, commenting on what was happening after the election.

On December 10, a detailed report on a rally in Bolotnaya Square was released on NTV in the evening news. The author of the report Sergei Morozov spoke in detail about the requirements of the participants in the action, the unprecedented scale of protest was emphasized. According to the correspondent, people were taken to the streets not political parties, but the obvious injustice of past elections.

“Tens of thousands of people gathered at the rally, there was no end to the square,” the NTV correspondent said. Among the participants in the action were the writer Boris Akunin, politician Boris Nemtsov, television journalist Ksenia Sobchak, the leader of the protection of the Khimkinsky forest Yevgeny Chirikova, deputy Gennady Gudkov, as well as former NTV journalist Leonid Parfenov.

On the night of December 10, it became known that the head and host of the evening information programs of NTV Alexei Pivovarov nominated the ultimatum to the channel to the leadership. According to Kommersant, he refused to conduct an evening news broadcast if a rally on Bolotnaya is not lit. The press secretary of the television channel Maria Bezborodova denied this message.

Shortly before the election, the film "Voice from Conseck" was released on the television channel, dedicated to the Voice association, which is engaged in independent election monitoring in Russia. The program, in particular, argued that the organization is an agent of the influence of the United States. In September 2011, the television company released the film "The wrong business", which narrated about the connections of the founder of the City without drugs, Evgeny Roizman with criminal structures. The program was published against the backdrop of the possible entry of Roizman into the "right business", against which the Kremlin administration opposed.

In July, the NTV air showed the film "Cross-2", the second part of the program "PE Investigation" dedicated to the exposure of the regime of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The announcement of the film was built on the phrase: “Everything that you wanted to know about Lukashenko, but were embarrassed to ask,” and in the orders of the Belarusian leader they repeatedly applied the definition of “The Last Dictator of Europe”.