Chornomorska TV and Radio Broadcasting Company executives say authorities in Crimea are attempting to muzzle the opposition television channel. Pressure from the authorities on the largest and most popular TV and Radio Broadcasting Company [TRC] in the Crimea – “Chornomorska” – is arousing protest among the Crimean public. On Wednesday morning Chornomorska journalists, technical staff and TV viewers are planning to picket the Crimean Council of Ministers. The organizing committee explains that this is in protest against the actions of the authorities aimed at closing Ukraine’s largest private regional TV channel. In recent days the Security Service [SBU] has joined the pressure exerted by the tax police and control and audit authorities. Read the story here.

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