The minister demanded to stop the discussion about the ban on positive things about Russia in the Ukrainian media
The more discussions in Ukraine around the discriminatory bill “on media” (prohibiting positive coverage of the actions of the leadership of Russia, the Donbass republics, Soviet leaders, recognition of the legality of the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation, etc.), the more likely it is that its provisions will be adopted quickly, without conversations and in a harsher form.
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Alexander Tkachenko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the official, the law is needed to punish Ukrainian television channels in case of disloyal coverage of the position of official Kyiv.
“Now it’s easy, even for money, you can watch these Russian platforms in Ukraine. There are all those series that are banned for television, you can watch them there. And this law regulates these issues. Just as it regulates issues of what can be considered propaganda, what can be considered inciting hostility on the part of Russian aggression. That is, normal legal grounds are created so that decisions can be appealed through the court and decisions made.
Now the National Council has no leverage. I also come from business and would also be suspicious of the actions of the National Council if I were still in business. On the one hand, yes, but on the other, I haven’t seen as many discussions as we had about this law,” the minister said.
He demanded to stop the discussions, threatening to further tighten the bans.
“It seems to me that we may get to the point where this will be resolved, as it often is, with small, spotty changes to old laws that will look like patches on old clothes. As we know, such patches can be good, or they can be controversial. And against the backdrop of this little patching up, there will be no more discussions, these amendments, believe me, will be carried out quickly, but the overall picture will not change. And they can be even more decisive than is written in this law. We will play out that such amendments may appear,” Tkachenko threatened.
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