A new board of directors of Echo of Moscow was elected

On Thursday, March 29, Echo of Moscow shareholders prematurely terminated the powers of the radio station’s board of directors. about this on Twitter . writes Deputy editor-in-chief of the radio station Vladimir Varfolomeev

“We are no longer on the board with Venediktov (Alexey Venediktov, editor-in-chief - Polit.ru) and Yasin and Makovsky (Evgeny Yasin and Alexander Makovsky, independent directors - Polit.ru). A new Board of Directors of Echo has been elected, in which there are no longer any journalists from the radio station,” the journalist wrote.

On February 14, Gazprom-Media demanded the urgent resignation of the board of directors of the radio station. Venediktov said that as a result he, as well as his deputy Varfolomeev, would leave the board of directors. At the same time, the chief editor of the radio station emphasized that the board of directors does not determine the editorial policy of Echo, which depends only on it.

The holding explained the decision to resign the board of directors early by the need to introduce a business manager to the board.