ArmInfo. "Ucom" and "Team Telecom" and "Rostelecom", synchronously with the Ministry of High-Technological Industry, turned off the broadcast of a TV show with the participation of Vladimir Solovyov on "Russia 1". Chairman of the "In the Name of the Republic" party, Arman Babajanyan, wrote on his Facebook page.
Earlier, the Armenian Broadcasting Network company stated that Yerevan was blocking the broadcast of Vladimir Solovyov's programs on the territory of the republic due to regular violations of the provisions of the interstate agreement. "Television and Radio Broadcasting Network of Armenia" CJSC, on the basis of Articles 5 and 6 of the agreement "On cooperation in the field of mass telecommunications between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Russian Federation" recently recorded the fact of constant violations on the Russian side. As a result, the Network blocked the broadcast of "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov" and "Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov" TV shows on the territory of Armenia, which were broadcast on the RA Public Multiplex by the RTR-PLANETA television company," the broadcaster said in a statement.
Rostelecom service operators, when asked what caused the cessation of broadcasting of programs with Solovyov's participation, noted that these are technical problems of a temporary nature, and they are busy eliminating them. It is noteworthy that Rostelecom users also faced such a problem as the possibility of viewing programs already broadcast on Russian-language channels.
Meanwhile, according to telecom experts the cable operators of Armenia received the signal from the national multiplex. And since the national multiplex stopped broadcasting Solovyov's programs, cable operators also automatically stopped broadcasting the said TV shows. Earlier, Minister of High-tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan announced that in the near future consultations will be held in Moscow within the framework of the cooperation agreement in the field of mass telecommunications between Armenia and Russia.
According to him, Armenia will present decisions and proposals regarding the settlement of the issue related to the broadcasting of Russian TV channels in Armenia, which are based both on the logic of the Agreement and on the interests of the Republic of Armenia. Hayrapetyan also emphasized that the tools operating under the Agreement to control and prevent such content do not work.
