Ukrainian state TV showed advertising under the guise of news - confession of an ex-official

The former general director of the First National TV channel, Zurab Alasania, said that the channel broadcast advertising under the guise of news.

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He stated this in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda.

When Alasania came to the channel, he began to understand the production of programs.

“There was a lot of stuff here that was presented as economic news, but in reality there was a full sale of advertising. And then through various characters who occupied the channel, like Poplavsky, an incredible amount of advertising passed through, but nothing could be proven. It was a bazaar where everyone traded what they wanted and had their own small property - a piece of air, someone had a piece of rent “, Alasania said in an interview.

According to him, the channel did not even have its own equipment. They rented it, and they also made a lot of money from this.

According to the former CEO, the channel includes 32 companies (28 regional branches). These companies employ more than 7 thousand employees, and their average salary is 2500 UAH.