Due to Western sanctions against Russia over its war against Ukraine, the owners of the repeater satellites are blocking the broadcasts of a number of Russian propaganda TV channels.
Due to sanctions imposed by the West against Russia due to the war in Ukraine, access to Russian TV channels of VDTRK and Zirka is blocked in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, DW reports.
In Turkmenistan, the broadcasts of the Russian TV channels Russia-1 and Zirka, broadcast by the country's largest licensed communication operator, Ashgabat City Telephone Network, have been suspended. The operator has promised to organize a backup broadcast in the near future.
Earlier on Friday, it became known that some Russian TV channels were temporarily blocked in Kyrgyzstan. The broadcast of Russia-24, Russia Culture and Zirka channels has been suspended there. “Due to the adoption of legislative restrictions on the distribution of all-Russian TV channels in a number of countries, international satellites have been unilaterally blocked from broadcasting by VDTRK TV channels,” the Kyrgyz telecommunications company Aknet said on its website. work on the organization of backup broadcasting for stable signal supply. “As soon as the work on the operator's side of the TV channels is completed, the broadcast will be available for viewing,” Aknet said. , “NTV”, STS, TNT, CE, “Match” and others.
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Following the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the VDTRK, its leadership and staff were imposed by the EU, the UK, Australia and other countries. Channel One, Russia-1 and NTV have been sanctioned in the United States. Due to the penalties, the owners of the satellites unilaterally began to turn off the broadcasts of these TV channels.
