Gość: igor
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04.04.01, 17:42
Bravo Mr. Putin.
Miedzynarodowa Zydowska mafia i
ich zrodlo propagandy w Rosjji
jest zlikwidowane.
Ponirzej widzimy jak miedzynarodowa
zydowska mafia operuje: fugutive zyd
Berezinsky, fugutive zyd Vladimir
Gusinsky, i amerykanski wlasciciel
TV station CNN (zyd lub slugus??)
mieli juz prawie Rosje w kieszeni.
Bravo Mr. Putin.
Jest czas aby Polsa zaczela sie
czegos uczyc od Rosji.
Russia's television station NTV protested
on Wednesday against a takeover by a state
dominated gas firm and oust NTV's founder
Vladimir Gusinsky.
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Russia's NTV Protests Takeover, CNN Deal Reported
Reuters
Apr 4 2001 9:28AM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Angry journalists at Russia's only independent nationwide
television station NTV protested on Wednesday against a takeover by a state-
dominated gas firm amid reports CNN founder Ted Turner was to buy into the
channel.
NTV dropped its usual program of soap operas, films and light entertainment and
showed a caption in stark white letters explaining that "in protest at the
illegal attempt to change the board of NTV, only news programs will be
broadcast."
The network accused the Kremlin of orchestrating a boardroom coup by Gazprom
which saw its allies take key positions and oust NTV's founder Vladimir
Gusinsky.
The media magnate, fighting extradition from Spain on fraud charges he says are
part of the clampdown on his media, has tried to stall Gazprom's takeover plans
by attracting international investment in NTV.
CNN quoted a source as saying Turner and Gusinsky had clinched an outline deal.
Gusinsky's Media-Most holding company said it had no details of the accord, but
the Washington Post cited sources as saying it was worth $225 million.
Alexander Kazakov, a senior Gazprom executive, told reporters the gas giant
welcomed talks on the purchase of a large stake in NTV by a foreign investor,
as long as no one group enjoyed majority control of the station.
NTV is by far the most influential source of information outside Kremlin
control.
President Vladimir Putin, hosting an official visit by Algerian President
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, made no comment on the controversy, widely seen as a test
of his tolerance of dissent.
Ex-Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, who heads an NTV standards watchdog,
said he had tried to contact Putin but he was busy. "But I will shortly get in
contact with him or speak to him," Interfax quoted him as saying.
MANNING THE BARRICADES
NTV journalists spent all night at the station, based at Moscow's Ostankino
television tower, fearing Gazprom's media arm would try to impose the new
management team by force.
The arrival of three policemen, broadcast live by NTV, created a flurry of
excitement, but police only said they wanted crowds at NTV's entrance to move
back. Press Minister Mikhail Lesin later ruled out any strong-arm police
action.
Putin loyalist Boris Gryzlov, the newly-installed civilian interior minister,
also urged calm and said those unhappy with the takeover could resolve the
situation by going to court.
Yevgeny Kiselyov, who rejects Gazprom's move to replace him as general
director, blasted the president. "Putin declared war on NTV and now he says he
has no link to this," he said.
The Kremlin denies any role in the affair, and Gazprom insisted it was merely
acting to protect its financial interests, as Gusinsky owes it millions of
dollars.
The war of words hotted up on when Alfred Kokh, the Gazprom-Media chief named
as new NTV chairman, challenged Kiselyov in an open letter to debate the crisis
live on NTV.
"You say you are devoted to free speech, but can you serve it with lies?,"
Interfax news agency quoted the letter as saying. "You are afraid the
journalists of NTV will learn the truth, that's why you have isolated them from
me."
"OUTLINE DEAL"
Turner's representatives have already visited Moscow to investigate buying into
NTV and CNN's report cited a source as saying the two men had struck
an "outline" deal, under which Turner would receive most of Gusinsky's
holdings.
A spokesman for the Atlanta-based cable news network told Reuters that Turner
was acting outside his role as vice chairman of AOL Time Warner, the parent
company of CNN.
The Washington Post said in a report on its Web site that Turner was to buy
into Media-Most, Gusinsky's holding company with a stake in NTV. Kiselyov
declined to comment on any deal.
Bitter boardroom battles at Russian firms have sometimes spilled over into
violence between rival factions.
