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Russian Telecoms Watchdog Interested in Resuming CNN Broadcasts in Russia

© Fotolia / Karelin Dmitriy CNN hopes to return to the Russian market as soon as it evaluates all the formalities of the country's new media legislation.
CNN hopes to return to the Russian market as soon as it evaluates all the formalities of the country's new media legislation. - Sputnik International
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Roskomnadzor, the Russian communications and media watchdog, and CNN International have expressed mutual interest in resuming the US channel broadcasting in Russia.

MOSCOW, January 27 (Sputnik) — The Russian communications and media watchdog Roskomnadzor and representatives from CNN International have expressed an interest in resuming CNN broadcasting in Russia, the press release on the Roskomnadzor's website said Tuesday.

"The parties expressed mutual interest in the resumption of broadcast of CNN International in Russia and discussed the legal opportunity for this. They also discussed current issues of licensing of broadcasting in the Russian Federation of other television channels of Turner Broadcasting company," the Roskomnadzor's press release read.

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The announcement was made following a meeting of CNN and Roskomnadzor's representatives earlier in the day.

CNN halted cable and satellite broadcasts in Russia on December 31, 2014, due to recent changes in Russian mass media legislation. Nevertheless, the 24-hour cable news channel said in its statement at the time that it still hoped to return to the Russian media market one day.

The Cable News Network (CNN) was launched in June 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner. The channel opened its Russian division in 1983. Currently, CNN news reaches over 200 million households across 212 countries and territories.

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