Broadcasting in Russian Handbook releases 36th Edition

 

RUSSIA   

The 36th edition of the Broadcasting in Russian Handbook by the St. Petersburg DX Club has been recently published.

It is the most comprehensive guide to broadcasts in Russian on long, medium and short waves. Information presented in the issue is valid mainly until the end of October 2024 (during A24 broadcasting season).The handbook consists of four parts.

1. GENERAL INFORMATION. This section includes a list of abbreviations and special terms used in this publication, a list of media - foreign agents and blocked by ROSKOMNADZOR (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Media), as well as a list of changes in the Russian-language broadcasting that have occurred since the publication of the previous issue.

2. AIR BROADCASTING. Station listings in this section include frequency and programme schedules, transmitter location and power, target areas, postal addresses, phone/fax numbers, Web sites, social network pages, e-mail addresses as well as QSL policies of the stations (totally 51 stations from 33 countries and territories of the world).

3. The INTERNET BROADCASTING section contains the same information as in the previous one, but for Internet radio stations of state broadcasting, as well as stations that were earlier broadcast on the air in AM bands, and currently are on the Internet (totally 22 stations from 19 countries and territories of the world).

4. HISTORY OF BROADCASTING. In this historical section the article of Trans World Radio's history is continued.

The Handbook is exclusively in Russian, its volume is 72 pages of A5 size. The price is either 11 USD or 10 EUR for a hard copy (including delivery by registered mail) or 4 USD or 3 EUR for .pdf version by e-mail. Payments are to be made ONLY via PayPal.

Please address your purchase requests and questions to St. Petersburg

DX Club by e-mail to two sources at:

 dxspb@nrec.spb.ru  

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(Alexander Beryozkin, St.Petersburg DX Club, Russia

RUSdx #1292 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 2)

WWDXC Top News 1582/12 Jun 2024)

A nostalgic look at Radio Rossii

 

Radio Rossii Chita via Wikimapia

Russia  

10 years ago, on January 9, 2014, at 1 AM, Radio Rossii stopped broadcasting as usual with the national anthem. It was not mentioned that the broadcasts were coming to an end. The next day listeners discovered they had to rely on local FM stations and the internet to hear the station.

Radio Rossii was the only state-run radio station with truly national coverage, in the federation Russia.

This station had been having issues with its broad wave transmitters. From January 25, 1954, the United States had put a powerful transmitter into service at Erching near Munich. he was broadcasting the Russian service of VOA on the same frequency as Radio Rossii in Moscow. In some parts of the soviet union. State radio was drowned by The Voice of America.

So in 1972, the Soviet Union began installing several powerful long-wave transmitters at 173 kHz, along the western border (Minsk, Kaliningrad, Lvov).

In 1973, the USSR won this war of airwaves: the VOA transmitter was turned off because listening in the Eastern countries had become impossible.

But let's go back to the 2000s, Radio Rossii had removed short waves in 2010, medium waves in 2013, and in 2014, big waves! So only the FM remained, whose network consisted of more than 1500 transmitters (mostly in the Russian FM band from 65.9 to 74 MHz).

In 2022, following the invasion of Ukraine, Radio Rossii had to review its copy and put the first transmitter back into service on April 5, 2022. The station has put back into service a former Radio Mayak transmitter located in Transnistria. It broadcasts 999 kHz, with 1000 kW power. By day it covers Balkans and Black Sea countries. At night, it is easily received throughout Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia and the Middle East.

Another transmitter has also been put back into service, after a 10-year shutdown. This is the transmitter from Bolchakovo, in the Kaliningrad enclave, which broadcasts on 549 kHz and covers Poland, Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, the Republic of Belarus, and Northern Europe. Its power would be 600 kW.

(Radio Magazine)

The fate of the 700 MHz frequencies will be decided before March 1

 

By March 1 next year, (2024) the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation will have to decide on a model for releasing frequencies for the development of 5G. The head of  the department told Rossiyskaya Gazeta about this 

https://rg.ru/2023/11/08/glava-mincifry-shadaev-chastoty-analogovogo-tv-mogut-ujti-na-aukcion-ili-byt-peredany- goskompaniiam.html

As Maksut Shadayev clarified, the corresponding instruction was given by the head of the Government Mikhail Mishustin. First of all, we are talking about the 700 MHz band. The fact is that after the transition to digital, broadcasters still have not agreed on the transmission of these frequencies.At the moment, according to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, two main options are being considered:

- holding an auction with fair compensation to broadcasters for refusing frequencies;

- transfer of frequencies to state-owned companies, which will ensure their joint use by telecom operators;

Let us recall that earlier "Cableman" wrote 

https://www.cableman.ru/content/razreshenie-na-ispolzovanie-chastot-veshchaniya-analogovogo-tv-planiruyut-prodlit-na-2024 that the State Commission on Radio Frequencies plans to 

study the issue extension https://iz.ru/1599160/valerii-kodachigov/programma-peresdach-vlasti-namereny-prodlit-rabotu-analogovogo-tv-na-2024-god permission to use frequencies for analog television for 2024.

https://www.cableman.ru/content/sudba-chastot-700-mgts-reshitsya-do-1-marta

(RUS/DX Newsletter)

What is heard on LW/MW in Russia?

From the new bulletin “RUS-DX” (1 January 2023).

They write that Mayak is broadcasting on 549 kHz today (December 27).

Source + comments: https://forum.vcfm.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&p=164561#p164561

-Kaliningrad Radio Center #5 has prepared a second transmitter and a new frequency for on-air tests: 549 kHz. A few days earlier, short turns were made to test the operability of the restored antenna and the transmitting complex. Tests are carried out with reduced power, at the level of 50-70 kW. The antenna is involved – a mast with a height of 257 meters, previously used in the long wave band (171 kHz)

There are no airing schedules for 549 kHz. Test broadcasting can be carried out on weekdays during business hours (9-17 Moscow time)

Such a conditional schedule is also valid for a frequency of 1143 kHz.

(https://vk.com/public158109176)

Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia (2022-12-30)

Russia's Liberal Radio Station 'Echo Of Moscow' Finds New Home In Germany

"Ekho Moskvy" radio, considered one of the last independent voices in Russia, in early March joined the ranks of media outlets forced to halt operations.

Berlin: Taken off-air shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the liberal Echo of Moscow radio station has found a new home in Berlin from where it has resumed the fightback against President Vladimir Putin's propaganda.

"Ekho Moskvy" radio, considered one of the last independent voices in Russia, in early March joined the ranks of media outlets forced to halt operations in the face of an unprecedented crackdown by the Kremlin over coverage of the war.

A number of the station's employees left Russia in the wake of the clampdown, including deputy editor-in-chief Maxim Kurnikov who has made a new life in the German capital along with several former colleagues.

Others have headed for Latvia, Lithuania, and Georgia.

Despite being scattered across Europe, there was never a question of staying silent on the Ukraine conflict or events inside Russia.

Since earlier this month, Kurnikov and his team have restarted their broadcasts on an app simply called "Echo".

"It works just like a radio," Kurnikov told AFP, claiming that the app was fast becoming one of the top downloads in Russia.

Additional story at: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russias-liberal-radio-station-echo-of-moscow-finds-new-home-in-germany-3448196

Lithuanian station Nasha Lenta-Radio Pravda begins on 1557 kHz

 

LITHUANIA   

Nasha Lenta - new broadcast on 1557 kHz. On Friday, 5 August at 1700 UTC, "Radio Pravda" [Radio Truth] began broadcasting on AM 1557 from Sitkunai in Lithuania. The station, also known as "Nasha Lenta" (Our Band), provides independent information in Russian, to Russia and Belarus and is funded entirely by private donors.

The programs are supervised by the Dutch Media Authority. Radio Pravda has been authorized by the Dutch Commissariat and the programs are produced in the Netherlands before being forwarded to Lithuania for rebroadcast on 1557 kHz. The Lithuanian authorities, in turn, issued a "rebroadcast license".

There are no political motives and there is no involvement of any government, including financial. "All that matters is the free flow of uncensored, verified information to Russia and Belarus."

The transmitter used in Lithuania is the Nautel RX50 [50 kW] which was still used by Big L on AM 1395 kHz from Trintelhaven in the Netherlands, in an attempt to reach a daytime audience in England. Later this station was used on 1008 kHz to broadcast the religious station Groot Nieuws Radio. Since the closure of the 1008 kHz, the transmitter has been stored in the Netherlands.

The results are phenomenal. The signal on AM 1557 is well received throughout Europe at night. There is a strong night signal in cities like Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Minsk and it also covers the entire territory of Ukraine.

(Radiovisie.eu translated from Dutch via AP 10 Aug)

The s identification as. "Nasha Lenta", it is on the air from approx 1700-2100 UTC on 1557 kHz.

(NZ DX Times via wor. MW DX Report - By Dave Kenny-UK in

BrDXC-UK "Communication" magazine Sept 3, page #27)

(Top News 1516/09 Sept 2022)

Echo Sthim scheduled for Thursday broadcast

 

Germany

Channel 292 is airing a new Russian broadcast Echo Sthim, a Stockholm, Sweden-based station. Organized by former staff of Radio Sweden's Russian service, programs are at 2100-2200 UTC Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on 9670 kHz.

According to the station, programs are presented "unbiased news about Russia and the war in Ukraine." Station website http://echosthlm.se    

(BDXC)

Ukraine's Radio Station of National Resistance

 

By Nicolas Niarchos

March 18, 2022

Recently, at a closed ski resort in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, Roman Davydov leaned into a microphone and announced the latest news from the war. Kryvyi Rih, in southern Ukraine, was being attacked; a U.S. journalist had been shot; and the British Foreign Secretary had announced new sanctions on Russian oligarchs in London. Davydov, who is forty-three, with dark hair and an oft-furrowed brow, is the voice of Kraina FM, an independent radio station that, after the Russian bombing began in Kyiv, relocated to an undisclosed location. (The staff of Kraina FM asked me not to identify the village, for security reasons.) Outside Davydov’s improvised booth, a corner office lent to Kraina FM by a local accountant, an odd sense of normalcy reigned. Beyond the ski-rental shop, where a cluster of sandbags had been piled, a man in a blue jacket and ski goggles operated a small lift for a children’s slope in the bright sunshine.

Additional article at: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/ukraines-radio-station-of-national-resistance  

RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks

 

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL’s Russian entity on March 4 and police intensified pressure on its journalists.

It also comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that could subject any journalist who deviates from the Kremlin’s stance on the Ukraine war to a 15-year prison sentence.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly said that the decision “has been forced upon” the company “by the Putin regime’s assault on the truth.”

He said RFE/RL will continue to expand its reporting for Russian audiences and “will use every platform possible to reach them at a time when they need our journalism more than ever.” Both he and Andrei Shary, director of RFE/RL’s Russian Service, vowed that RFE/RL will continue reporting on the war.

Additional story at: https://www.rferl.org/a/31738541.html

Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Broadcasters Have No Plans To Silence ‘Radio Sputnik,’ Despite NAB Criticism

 

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is putting a fresh spotlight on Radio Sputnik, the English-language format that despite its Kremlin ties airs on AM stations in Washington and Kansas City. In a rare rebuke of a station’s programming decision, the National Association of Broadcasters, without specifically naming them, called on Multicultural Radio Broadcasting’s WZHF Washington (1390) and Alpine Broadcasting’s KCXL Kansas City (1140) to stop leasing time to Sputnik’s parent, the Russian-government backed Rossiya Segodnya.

For the two broadcasters leasing the time, the result can be lucrative with each pulling in more money than they might with a more traditional programming source. In Washington, filings with the Department of Justice show WZHF’s owner Multicultural Radio Broadcasting was paid $722,287 last year to air Sputnik 24-hours a day. And in Kansas City, KCXL received $100,217 for its six-hours per day.

Additional story at: https://tinyurl.com/2p83jnz6

VOA Responds to Russian Government Plans to Block VOA Russian Website

 

Today the Russian government warned the Voice of America of its intention to block the VOA Russian language service’s news website, www.golosameriki.com, unless it removes coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government’s media regulator, Roskomnadzor, claims the news site “contains false messages about terrorist attacks or other kind (sic) of information of public concern.”  

The media regulator demands that the VOA Russian service remove a news story from its site that provided factual reporting on the second day of the Russian invasion. The article included widely reported facts regarding Russian bombardment of cities, a Russian claim to have captured an airport close to Kyiv, and statements from witnesses as well as reporters inside Ukraine. 

“Any attempts to interfere with the free flow of news and information are deeply troubling. We find this order to be in direct opposition to the values of all democratic societies,” says Acting VOA Director Yolanda López.

The warning to VOA follows a broader crackdown on the press by the Russian government. The same regulators also moved to shut down two Russian news organizations that reach large audiences, Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd, as well as Current Time’s website, a joint production of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

“The Russian people deserve unfettered access to a free press and, therefore, we cannot comply with the Roskomnadzor's request,” said Acting Director López.  

(VOA 02 Mar 2022)

Revised listings of Ukraine on shortwave and mediumwave

 

Shortwave

Radio Ukraine International broadcast one hour daily in German at 1100-1200 UTC on 6005 kHz, via Germany's Shortwave relay Service (10 kW Kall Krekel)

Ukrainian stations on medium wave

Армия FM (Armia) FM (Military)

Ukrainian

24 hours  810 MW (10 kW Hirnyk)

Website: http://www.armyfm.com.ua

Radio Krym Crimea Realii

Ukranian

1300-1700   648 MW

(BDXC/Jan MW Report (25 kW Chonhar)

Svoboda FM

Ukrainian

24 hours   1422 MW

(BDXC MW Rpt/07 Dec (0.2 kW Chernihiv) Ydun's MW Blog

Website: http://svoboda.fm/ (will translate to English)

Ukraine, UR1 Pershiy Kanal

Ukrainian

24 hours  549 MW (25 kW Chasiv Yar)

Website: http://ukr.radio/

(Transmitters may opt-out at times with special segments for listeners in Crimea and/or Donets Basin).

(WWDXC Top News 1475/17 Aug (400 kW to Crimea)

Website: http://ukr.radio/radio-cr

Additional broadcasts from Donets Basin (Radio Republika) and Crimea operate on FM.

(WRTH 2022)

Radio Purga winter frequency update

 

Russia, Radio Purga/Radio Chukotka  

All times UTC

DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) tests are broadcast irregularly. The station's transmitter is located in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Broadcasting power is 20 kW, directed to Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the easternmost federal subject of Russia, sharing a border with the Sakha Republic. 

All times UTC

Russian/music

0000-0100  irreg DRM test  11860do

0100-0200  irreg DRM test  9850do  15325al

0200-0300  irreg DRM test  9850do  15325al

0300-0400  irreg DRM test  9850do  15325al

0400-0500  irreg DRM test  9850do  15325al

0500-0600  irreg DRM test  9850do  15325al

0600-0700  irreg DRM test  6025do

0700-0800  irreg DRM test  6025do

0800-0900  irreg DRM test  6025do

0900-1000  irreg DRM test  6025do

2000-2100  irreg DRM test   6025do

2100-2200  irreg DRM test   6025do

2200-2300  irreg DRM test  11860do 

(BDXC/Novosibirsk DX)

The ghostly radio station that no one claims to run

“MDZhB” has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate. Beyond its rusted bars is a collection of radio towers, abandoned buildings and power lines bordered by a dry-stone wall. This sinister location is the focus of a mystery which stretches back to the height of the Cold War.

It is thought to be the headquarters of a radio station, “MDZhB”, that no-one has ever claimed to run. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the last three-and-a-half decades, it’s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone. Every few seconds it’s joined by a second sound, like some ghostly ship sounding its foghorn. Then the drone continues.

Once or twice a week, a man or woman will read out some words in Russian, such as “dinghy” or “farming specialist”. And that’s it. Anyone, anywhere in the world can listen in, simply by tuning a radio to the frequency 4625 kHz.

Additional story at: https://tinyurl.com/uhyatpu

DRM Conference Front and Center at Russia

Conference unveiled initial DRM in FM trial results and looked at various aspects of the digital radio standard

RW STAFF 27 Nov 2019

Russian broadcasters took a deep dive into the realm of digital radio with a conference, “Digital Broadcasting Standard DRM: Results of the Experimental Zone and Development Prospects in the Russian Federation,” held in St. Petersburg on Nov. 18.

The conference highlighted the initial results of the DRM for FM trial in St. Petersburg and featured a number of speakers who provided insights into where digital radio stands in Russia.

According to reports, trial results thus far show that for “stable reception of a digital signal, significantly lower field strengths and signal-to-noise ratios are required, which allows achieving parity of service areas with FM broadcasting, ceteris paribus, an order of magnitude lower transmitter power.”
Additional story at: https://tinyurl.com/w6mosnf

Russian OTH RadarNow Reported to be "Everywhere"

DUGA radar systems

[UPDATED and CORRECTED @ 1625 UTC on November 2019] The latest International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter reports the Russian “Contayner” over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) has been active in the 7, 10, 14, and 18 MHz amateur radio allocations (amateur radio is primary on 40, 20, and 17 meters). The OTHR transmissions have been 40 sweeps/second, FM on pulse, and 12 kHz wide.

Additionally, IARUMS reports a significant increase in Russian military traffic using F1B, PSK, and orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) on 40, 30, 20, and 15 meters.

IARUMS on November 13 reported an OTHR in northern Iran on 6.078 – 7.022 MHz, AM on pulse, 81 sweeps/second, 44 kHz wide.
(Source:ARRL/Strange Beacons-Twitter)

One station left in Russia to monitor on shortwave

Once a powerhouse on shortwave, Russia has one station left to hear. 

Russia
Adygey Radio (GTRK Adygeya) is currently the only Russian regional station still broadcasting on shortwave. They hire the nearby Krasnodar (Armavir) transmitter site as follows:

All times UTC

1800-1900 Mon 6000-arm 100 kW to ME in Adyghe/Arabic/Turkish
1800-1900 Fri 6000-arm 100 kW to ME in Adyghe
1900-2000 Sun 6000-arm 100 kW to ME in Adyghe

The Adygey Republic is a small autonomous republic in the North Caucasus, within the Russian Federation. It has a population of around 440,000. It has its own language, Adgyghe, and you can also hear some very distinctive music from here during these broadcasts.
(Dave Kenny-UK, BrDXC-UK ng "Communication" monthly magazine Aug 2018,
Edition 525; direct, and via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #991/Top News 1353)

Radio Sakha remains silent on shortwave, from 27 April, 2018, broadcasting on HF has been terminated due to the stoppage of funding.

Monitoring Russia

All times UTC

Logs edited for clarity

Russia

7345 kHz, at 0009, on Feb 4. NVK Radio Sakha Iakutsk. Somewhat distorted signal at strong level. Wonder whether this is due to a cochannel, but all I can see on the Perseus waterfall is a smeared signal over almost 80 Hz (the carrier, that is). Not in Russian, but Yakutian language with a discussion. (Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, on Masset-BC-CAN mini exp. via DXplorer Feb 2-5)

5940 kHz, Radio Rossii Kamchatka. Aassume via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula; at 0240-0300 sign-off on Feb 14. Very poor reception, with interference from what sounded like IBRA Media, Radio Sadaye Zindagi, via Al Dhabayya, United Arab Emirates. Male/female announcers  chatting, possibly in Russian.

0259 with music. Positive "Radio Rossii" identification before and after 0300 time pips.Presume this was "Radio Rossii Kamchatka," as it fits their former schedule. The 0300 sign-off happened in mid-sentence. Have been monitoring this due to recent reports of Kamchatka testing here, made by Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) and Dave Valko (USA). Thanks also for the assistance of Mauno Ritola (Finland).

 Re: Russia - Radio Rossii Kamchatka on 5940 kHz. Thanks very much to Hiroyuki-san, et al., for this additional info, confirming it was Radio Rossii Kamchatka that I heard.

http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2898#3057
Audio heard as; 
"Kamchatskaya radio prodolzhit' svoyu rabotu (maybe "time" announcement).  seychas slushayete Radio Rossii."  mean : "*Kamchatka radio* to continue its work at (maybe "time"). And now you are listening to Radio of Russia." Thanks to Japanese DXer: K.INOUE and KONSU !! I referred to their advice. (Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 14)

World Radio Network in Russian
Programs can be received, on air (24 hours)  Moscow, Moscow Region - 738 kHz
Satellite (24 hours)
Europe
Eutelsat Hotbird 6, 13  degr E WRN Russkij Channel
broadcast by WRN Broadcast - London, UK.
on the Internet (24 hours)
Windows Media, broadcast by WRN Broadcast - London, UK.
MP3 stream, broadcast by WRN Broadcast - London, UK.
Listen to the World Radio Network / WRN Russkij on your phone!
Download to Google play
Download in the App Store
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #963 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 11)
(Top News 1334/17 Feb)

In Yakutia, a powerful resume broadcasting

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

One of the most common questions posed by the inhabitants of the northern regions of the republic at the time of the Report of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - a powerful renewal of broadcasting, at the time covering the entire territory of the republic. So, over the years distant broadcasting public radio stations in our country has been almost completely phased out. In all these cases the reason for the far off broadcasting was a reduction of public funding, to represent the company VGTRK for this purpose. The country found a solution to the issue of broadcasting on the territory of the Arctic and northern regions of Yakutia.

Recall that in 2011, RTR was decided to terminate the radio broadcast of "Radio Russii" in the range of short and long waves. Further more RTR took a number of decisions that led to the cessation of broadcasting radio "Mayak". Thus, on the whole territory of the Russian Federation ceased broadcasting in LW, MW and SW.

"This is the most affected Indigenous Peoples of the North, leading a traditional nomadic way of life, as well as professional hunters, fishermen, agricultural workers, and many others, that, in fact, deprived them of one of the main sources of information. Today on the territory of Yakutia is being broadcast radio in the FM-band. This technology is based on the principle of high-quality broadcast radio signal within the boundaries of settlements. By virtue of geographic specificity, in vast areas of our country it is impossible to catch the signal, except for foreign radio stations. Because, despite the lower quality broadcasting, HF broadcasting as we demand ", - said the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Alexander Borisov.

To resume powerful broadcasting in the Arctic and northern regions of the republic, it is planned to use short-wave transmitters "Grom-100” ("Thunder-100") and “Viyuga - 250” ("Blizzard-250"), one of the most powerful in the north-east of Russia, earlier broadcasts of "Radio Russii". To do this, you must transfer them to the new frequency, receiving the corresponding license for the use of radio frequency channels, as well as to receive a broadcast license for NBC "Sakha", and most importantly, resolve all financial issues.

Transmitters located in the suburbs of Yakutsk (p. Tulagino) belong to Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network", and are in conservation. The company is currently engaged in registration of a license to operate in the field of communication services and permits for use of radio frequencies by means of radio transmitters "Grom-100” and “Viyuga - 250”.

Broadcasting will be engaged in "Sakha" NEC with 10-hour broadcasting grid. At the meeting of the tender committee of the Federal Radio and Television, which was held in Roskomnadzor Russian Federation in Moscow on 27 January this year, a positive decision on this issue. Interests Yakutia before the Commission was represented by the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Alexander Borisov and CEO of NBC "Sakha" Ivan Androsov.

Upon receipt of all licenses and permits will be renewed in Yakutia powerful radio transmitters and "Grom-100” and  “Viyuga - 250” work in full force. In the zone of the radio broadcast will include 27 districts of the country, including 13 of the Arctic and northern regions. The area of ??coverage will be 2,440 square kilometers, accounting for 78% of the total area of ??the country. Thus, in the second half of 2016 most of the republic will be able to listen to radio broadcasts of NBC "Sakha" in the villages, the forest, on the road, and even reindeer pastures, the press service of the Ministry of Communications of Yakutia.
www.dxing.ru / http://www.sakha.gov.ru/news/front/view/id/2608127
Anatoly Klepov-RUS-DX # 860)

Russia warns of 'new world war' starting in Syria

By Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor, Matthew Holehouse in Brussels and Louisa Loveluck in Gaziantep

Foreign and defence ministers of the leading international states are meeting in Munich and Brussels following the collapse of the latest round of peace talks. 

Russia warned of “a new world war" starting in Syria on Thursday after a dramatic day in which Gulf states threatened to send in ground forces.

Foreign and defence ministers of the leading international states backing different factions in the war-torn country met in separate meetings in Munich and Brussels following the collapse of the latest round of peace talks.

Both Russia and the United States demanded ceasefires in the long-running civil war so that the fight could be concentrated against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) - but each on their own, conflicting terms.

Additional story at The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/12153112/Russia-warns-of-new-world-war-starting-in-Syria.html

Tune-in to Sputnik Radio slant on this and other related stories at http://sputniknews.com/