Crimea
Government of the Crimea has created a Crimean Tatar public television and
radio. Earlier, Deputy
Prime Minister of the Crimean government, Ruslan Balbec reported that the new
broadcasting company will be named "Millet", which means
"people" and the radio will be called the "Vetan", which
means "homeland". To create a new television and radio from the
federal budget will be spent 177 million rubles. The channel plans to launch in
September. The post of head of the TV channel is planned to recommend to the
Director of the Department of the Crimean Tatars and national television
program "The first Crimean" Seyran Mambetova.
"Create an
autonomous non-profit organization" Public TV and Radio Company of the
Crimean Tatar ", - stated in the disposal, adopted at a cabinet meeting on
Tuesday. The object and purpose of the work of television and radio is a
profound and comprehensive coverage of socio-political, economic and cultural
life of the republic, operative information about events in the Crimea and
beyond, affecting the interests of the Crimean Tatars. Broadcasting will take
place mainly in the Crimean Tatar language.
The founder of the
broadcasting company entrusted by the State Committee for international
relations and deported citizens of the Republic of Crimea, which is obliged to
register it, approve the charter and appoint the head. On the results of
execution of the order should be informed prior to 1 July.
Crimean Tatar
public organizations previously appealed to the head of the Crimea Sergey
Aksenov with a request to create a national public broadcaster in place to stop
broadcasting on April 1, the Crimean Tatar radio station and television channel
ATR Meydan, that the deadline could not be re-registered in accordance with
Russian law.
(ria.ru in OnAir.ru, via RUS-DX No. 824, Jun 14)
(DX Window 533/08 Jul)