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Armenian Regulator Suspends Radio Sputnik Armenia's License for 30 Days
Armenian Regulator Suspends Radio Sputnik Armenia's License for 30 Days
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The Armenian Television and Radio Commission has suspended on Wednesday the license of Radio Sputnik Armenia broadcaster for 30 days.
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Armenia's National Television and Radio Commission has revoked the license for "Tospa", the official broadcaster for the Radio Sputnik Armenia, for 30 days, and fined it 500,000 Armenian drams ($1,200). The regulator alleges that Tospa "degraded" Armenian citizens and "spread panic".Later in the day, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in chief of RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group (Sputnik's parent company), ironically responded to Yerevan’s decision to suspend the license of Sputnik Armenia."A drama worth 500,000 drams. Effendi is offended again," she wrote on Telegram.The station's temporary suspension was purportedly over popular radio program "Friday with Tigran Keosayan", during which the host is charged with making "ironic and degrading comments regarding the honor and dignity of the country and the people, with no 'moral right' to do so as a foreign citizen."The fine concerned Arman Abovyan's (former member of Armenia's National Assembly) special program called "Abovyan Time". The commission found some of Abovyan's statements to be based on "unverified and unreliable sources" and thus "spreading panic" among listeners.The Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said earlier this year in response to Armenia's claims regarding alleged violations by Russian media of interstate communication agreements that Yerevan did not provide any specific documentary evidence of such violations.
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Armenian Regulator Suspends Radio Sputnik Armenia's License for 30 Days
15:02 GMT 20.12.2023 (Updated: 16:37 GMT 20.12.2023) YEREVAN (Sputnik) - The Armenian Television and Radio Commission suspended the Sputnik outlet on Wednesday.
Armenia's National Television and Radio Commission has
revoked the license for "Tospa", the
official broadcaster for the Radio Sputnik Armenia, for 30 days, and fined it 500,000 Armenian drams ($1,200).
The regulator alleges that Tospa "degraded" Armenian citizens and "spread panic".
"Within the framework of... administrative proceedings, the commission, guided by part 1 of Article 9 of the Law on Audiovisual Media, decided to apply an administrative penalty — the suspension of the license of the Tospa radio company [transponder of Sputnik Armenia]," the statement said.
Later in the day, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in chief of RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group (Sputnik's parent company), ironically responded to Yerevan’s decision to suspend the license of Sputnik Armenia.
"A drama worth 500,000 drams. Effendi is offended again," she wrote on Telegram.
The
station's temporary suspension was purportedly over popular radio program
"Friday with Tigran Keosayan", during which
the host is charged with making "
ironic and degrading comments regarding the honor and dignity of the country and the people, with no 'moral right' to do so as a foreign citizen."The fine concerned Arman Abovyan's (former member of
Armenia's National Assembly) special program called
"Abovyan Time". The commission found some of
Abovyan's statements to be based on "
unverified and unreliable sources" and thus "
spreading panic" among listeners.
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said earlier this year in response to Armenia's claims regarding alleged violations by Russian media of interstate communication agreements that Yerevan did not provide any specific documentary evidence of such violations.
