If the document is approved, then, according to some experts, it will affect almost all TV channels, newspapers and radio stations, including public
document was submitted to the lower house of parliament, MPs from the Liberal Democratic Party, “Fair Russia” and the Communist Party, but he enjoys much broader support. For the bill expressed by representatives of the “United Russia”, and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin. According to the newspaper “Vedomosti”, an initiative limiting the proportion of foreigners in the media belongs to the Kremlin, so the law will be quickly approved by parliament, and soon will be on the president’s desk. As indicated in the text, the ban will affect foreign legal entities and individuals, the Russians with the citizenship of another country, etc. They will not be allowed to own more than 20% of the share capital of publication. The restrictions misses and indirect ownership. The explanatory memorandum states that currently citizens of other countries can control the press. And that “in some cases threatens Russia’s information security and harms the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens.” It is believed the heads of media, interviewed by “Vedomosti”, the innovation will affect about half of the Russian media. “But, perhaps, in China there are strict limits to foreigners. If the rules are adopted, it means a complete redistribution of the Russian media market, which is now, and so is not very sweet because of the economic crisis, “- said one of the sources of the newspaper. Other experts argue that the restrictions will hit on all the domestic products, including government.
Run media requirements document will be required by February 1, 2016. The Russian beneficiaries, controlling the publication through the foreign companies will be delayed until the beginning of 2017.
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