since the government shut down the channels have been blasting president vladimir selenski the opposition to ukrainian leaders scared the reporting is damaging his government in the opinion polls some ukrainian journalist say the channels have a point they believe the government's decision threatens free expression in a fragile democracy. against the president not being said here where the government of this country decides to impose sanctions against a media company based on a political consensus. but for others the channels pose a threat to the country's security they say the broadcasters provide a voice to ukraine's enemies. the government alleges that a close friend of lot of ukrainian viktor met the joke is hiding his ownership of the television stations and that he's using them to broadcast views that undermine the country and its fight with russia over crimea in eastern ukraine. after receiving enough evidence of those channels being financed by russian forces by russian authorities the national security council over ukraine adopted these very important decisions for now the channe

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well i think it's quite a quite a show of power by president selenski because he's now been in office for the time that he has been and this is the 1st time that he has taken this step against the russian funded broadcasters in ukraine so i think that says something about his position and how he's to use it. at the same time i would say that you know i am absolutely in favor of as many broadcasting outlets as possible. for the audience to choose which ones they listen to or watch. a bit of course the situation in ukraine at the moment is that it's. in the perspective of kiev for at least and certainly in the east of the country and ukraine has a conflict a war going on with russia and you can understand that at that time in truth it information is part of that war as well. while clumping dine on these media outlets presidents alinsky said there is no threat to freedom of speech in the country i would suggest that's a pretty bold statement afterwards just up and. well i think as i say you know i'm all in favor of the more views that you have in the in the broadcast sphere in the media

ukraine that's after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes with the russian backed separatists selenski said the attacks had increased recently and accuse the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed to last july. and former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to serve as the new prime minister of italy the 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a national unity government designed to manage the effects of the coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged italy and sparked a deep recession the new government will be sworn in on saturday with votes of confidence in both houses of parliament expected early next week. and journalists seem a gupta in rome has more on what's at the top of dragons agenda the 1st issue really is of course dealing with the pandemic dealing with the vaccination program which started out well in italy but then has been hit with many delays differences in terms of different regions how some are doing better than others so that's one key issue there will be tackling and of course that's the health crisis but there's also the financial

channels accusing kiev of politically motivated censorship ukrainian president vladimir selenski claim to the media outlets were spreading kremlin this information we should them. we see this decision as an unprecedented act of political censorship and fair competition is ukrainian law as well as their international commitments to protect freedom of speech despite the values of president dylan ukraine continues to slide into to tell a tear in regime. on twitter that it supports efforts to counter russia's malign influence they also called on ukraine to work together quote to prevent this information from being deployed as a weapon against sovereign state our goal of the american political writer diana johnston is not surprised by the u.s. reaction. so the influence you never say to him you're creating is quite strong especially legs and body has a very special relation crane. they have position is simply refusing to submit your you know just. seems to me turn the dumb ones in the united states and its client states all in one level so you know shutting down one man's car intellectual l

ukraine after 2 craney and soldiers were killed there in clashes with russia back to separatists selenski said attacks have increased recently and accuse the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed last july. and former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to serve as the new prime minister of italy a 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a national unity government designed to manage the effects of the coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged italy and sparked a deep recession a new government will be sworn in on saturday with votes of confidence in both houses of parliament expected for the next wave. of injured. sima gupta in rome has more on what's at the top of dr his agenda the 1st issue really is a cause dealing with the pandemic dealing with the vaccination program which started out well in italy but then has been hit with many delays differences in terms of different regions how some are doing the better than others so that's one key issue there will be tackling and of course that's the health crisis but there's also be a financial crisis the e

channels accusing kiev of politically motivated censorship ukrainian president vladimir selenski claims the media outlets were spreading kremlin this information . we should them. we see this decision as an unprecedented act of political censorship and fair competition is ukrainian law as well as international commitments to protect freedom of speech despite the values of president alone ukraine continues to slide into after the terror and regime where action through the clampdown also came from the american embassy in kiev which wrote on twitter that it supports efforts to counter russia's malign influence they also called on ukraine to work together quote to prevent this information from being deployed as a weapon against sovereign states our guest american political writer diana johnston is not surprised by the u.s. reaction. no i would say to me quitting is quite strong especially now isn't it biden who has a very special relationship a real crank. they have position is simply refusing to submit your i've noticed that seems to me turn of the dumb ones in the united states and its cl

financed by and all the garc with personal ties to vladimir putin ukrainian president volodymyr selenski justify the ban as necessary to fight kremlin propaganda that undermines his country's path to the e.u. but critics accuse him of stifling freedom of speach. independence and objectivity that's what journalists at 3 ukrainian news channel cite is under threat one tree in use one in the sick and no longer on ukrainian t.v. broadcasts the sights the start of an era of lies bring a suit but today 3 that channels of stop broadcasting what does it mean for free speech what does that mean for ukrainians. since the government shut down the channels when blasting president blow to me is a lengthy and the opposition says the government is gay they're reporting is damaging his government in the opinion polls some ukrainian journalists also say the channels have a point they believe the government's decision threatens free expression in a fragile democracy were against the president that's being set here where the government of this country decides to impose sanctions against a maybe company bas

eastern ukraine after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed there in clashes with russia backed separatists selenski said attacks had increased recently and accused the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed last july. china's space agency have to release the 1st footage showing its tongue when one probe entering the orbit of mars after a 6 month journey the craft slowed enough to be captured by mars gravity it's the 2nd spacecraft to reach the red planet this month. for the kremlin critical xo in the valley has appeared in court accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran the russian opposition leader is already in jail for violating his probation while recovering from a poisoning attack a youth leaders are calling for in the valleys release and considering sanctions on russia the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has in return threatened to sever ties with the book. how russia treats this man and his supporters is affecting the country's relations with the european union opposition leader lexi never was arrested in january after he returned to russia and jailed soon afterwards nev

ukraine after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed there in clashes with the russian backed separatists selenski said attacks had increased recently and accuse the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed last july. and a former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to serve as the new prime minister of italy a 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a national unity government designed to manage the effects of the krona virus pandemic which has ravaged italy and sparked a deep recession. was asked to step in by president much either when outgoing prime minister condé resigned after being unable to build political consensus the new government will be sworn in on saturday with votes of confidence in both houses of parliament expected early next week. a journalist sima group to in rome has more on what's at the top of druggies agenda. the 1st issue really is of course dealing with the pandemic dealing with the vaccination program which started out well easily but then has been hit with many delays differences in terms of different regions how some do not better th

since the government shut down the channels have been blasting president vladimir selenski the opposition's actually ukrainian leaders scared to reporting is damaging his government in the opinion polls some ukrainian journalist say the channels have a point they believe the government's decision threatens free expression in a fragile democracy but if we are top if we're against the president not being said here where the government of this country decides to impose sanctions against a media company based on a political consensus. that will last them for a month but for others the channels pose a threat to the country's security they say the broadcasters provide a voice to you chremes enemies. the government alleges that a close friend of lot of ukrainian victor met the choke is hiding his ownership of the television stations and that he's using them to broadcast views that undermine the country and its fight with russia over crimea in eastern ukraine. has been offset received in the enough evidence oaf those channels being financed by russian forces by russian authorities the national secu