Medvedchuk’s channel turned on the back and canceled the dialogue with the Russian Federation
The NewsOne television channel, which had previously announced a teleconference with the Rossiya 1 television channel, changed its mind about holding it, fearing the threats of the nationalists.
This was stated in a statement by the channel’s management, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
They stated that after the publication of the announcement of the teleconference, many threats were received against both the TV channel itself and individual journalists.
“Over the past few years, a number of political parties have launched a massive information attack against our TV channel. There have been statements about protests near the canal, and since yesterday evening, direct threats of physical violence against journalists and their loved ones...
We believe that human life is the main and absolute value, and therefore the issue of ending the war, establishing peace and returning Ukrainian prisoners home should be the main issue for discussion by all Ukrainian media. Should journalists who proclaim such an agenda live in fear for their families?
Therefore, the NEWSONE TV channel reports that due to the information campaign against its journalists, the threat of an attack on the channel and the use of its name in the election campaign of a number of Ukrainian parties, we are forced to stop preparing the telethon “We need to talk,” the message says.
Medvedchuk's channel backed off and cancelled dialogue with Russia.