According to the current law on mass media, the proportion of foreign shareholders in print and online publications is not limited to
The new legislative initiative involves limiting the maximum share of foreign investors in the domestic media and twenty percent of the shares . Write about this “Izvestia». Read also: Euronews becomes an outcast. To have a claim and television in Russia and Ukraine
Under the proposed amendments to the law “On Mass Media”, the share of foreign shareholders in the Russian mass media can not exceed 20%. In addition, foreign natural and legal persons, citizens of Russia, who also have foreign citizenship and stateless persons can not act as founders of the media in Russia.
In accordance with the current law “On Mass Media” the share of foreign capital in local television and radio channels can reach 50%, and for the print and online editions of the restriction is not set. If the new law is passed, the 20% threshold will be applied to all types of media. It is expected that the amendments will enter into force on 1 January 2016, but the period for execution of the decision for the owners of the media will be extended to February 1, 2017.
According to the authors of the amendments, the State Duma deputies Vadim Dengina (LDPR), Vladimir Parakhina (“Fair Russia”) and Denis Voronenkova (CPRF), such restrictions will help protect the national information space and to ensure the information security of the country. In the case of adoption of the bill many Russian publications that are owned by large media corporations have to change the composition of the founders.
From the beginning of June, the Ministry of Justice was granted the right by the public prosecutor is forced to include in the register as “foreign agents” for-profit organizations engaged in political activity and receiving funding from abroad. Thus, the list includes the organization of the Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg “and Foundation” Institute for Information Freedom Development ».
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