In a bold protest against Putin’s war, the entire staff of a Russian TV channel resigns on-air saying ‘no to war’ against Ukraine.
The entire staff of Russian television channel TV Rain (Dozhd), the last independent media outlet operating in Russia, has shut down as they resigned live on-air after declaring boldly “no to war” against Ukraine.
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The entire staff of a Russian TV channel resigned live on-air after declaring “no to war” against Ukraine in the final telecast. Employees staged a walkout from the studio live on-air after authorities ordered a shutdown on its broadcasts over the channel’s coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a viral video, the staff of TV Rain (Dozhd) could be heard declaring “no to war” as they left the studio together. The channel then played the ‘Swan Lake’ ballet video, which holds a special significance as it was telecast on state-run channels in Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
The channel later, in a statement, said that it has suspended the operation “indefinitely”.
“We need strength to exhale and understand how to work further. We really hope that we will return to the air and continue our work,” the network’s CEO Natalia Sindeyeva wrote on social media.
Earlier this week, Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station, one of Russia’s last remaining liberal media outlets, also announced that it was shutting down after coming under pressure over its coverage of the war in Ukraine.
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The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of launching a “full war on media freedom and the truth” by blocking independent news outlets and preventing Russians from hearing news of the invasion of Ukraine as the Russian government is also blocking Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram platforms that tens of millions of Russia’s citizens rely on to access independent information and opinions,” the State Department said in a statement.