Ukraine Bans Broadcast Of Many Russian Films
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a bill on April 2 that bans the broadcast of Russian films on television. The legislation, which parliament debated and revised for six months, gives channels two months to substitute the newly prohibited content.
The law contains three bans.
The first prohibits movies, including television series and programs “that glorify the government,” military, law enforcement and other “punitive agencies of the aggressor state … that were made since August 1, 1991.”
Another is a prohibition on all Russian movies made since January 1, 2014, almost two months before Russia invaded Ukrainian’s Crimean peninsula.
The third measure forbids the broadcast of movies with actors who pose a national security threat with their actions or public statements. The list of actors will be approved and published by a special commission of the State Film Agency of Ukraine. Soviet films will continue to be broadcast as in the past in order to avoid angering nostalgic, older audiences.
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