NCRT steps up pressure on independent 112 Ukrayina channel

The National Council for Radio and TV which supervises and issues licenses for broadcasting in Ukraine has demanded explanations from 112 Ukrayina, now the most frequented news and political analysis television outlet in the country, why the channel “is using the colors (blue, white and red) which are similar to those used on the aggressor country Russia flag.”

In a typical Soviet style, NCRT refers to ‘complaints of citizens’ that protest the use of such colors on 112 Ukrayina.

112 Ukrayina responded by pointing out that the same colors are used on state flags of France, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia – not to mention the United States of America.

112 Ukrayina editors remarked that, if guided by such logic, Kanal 5 TV belonging to Pres Poroshenko shows predominantly red color, the color of the Communist flag, while Communist symbols are now banned in Ukraine.

112 Ukrayina urged NCRT “to stop exerting pressure on independent outlets and find faults with stupid things.”

Earlier, NCRT demanded that 112 Ukrayina change its content (from political news and analysis) to the original one stipulated by its license (entertainment + news).

Over the past year, 112 Ukrayina has become Ukraine’s most popular channel, with its unbiased news coverage and

analysis.

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