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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

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REPORTS

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RUSSIAN MEDIA GROUPS 

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RUSSIAN MEDIA OUTLETS

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TV AND INTERNET AUDIENCE IN RUSSIA

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PAPERS ON EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN SATELLITE POLICY

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BLOGS ON MEDIA REGULATION

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MAIN ORGANISATIONS AND TOOLS FOR THE DEFENSE OF MEDIA FREEDOM AND JOURNALISTS SAFEGUARD

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  • ARTICLE 19 -  works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.

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  • European Center for  Press and Media Freedom  (ECPMF) ECPMF’s mission is to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. It does this by monitoring violations, providing practical support and engaging diverse stakeholders across Europe.

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  • European Federation of Journalists  The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 320,000 journalists in 73 journalists’ organisations across 45 countries. The EFJ fights for social and professional rights of journalists working in all sectors of the media across Europe through strong trade unions and associations. The EFJ promotes and defends the rights to freedom of expression and information as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European convention on human rights.

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  • Free Press Unlimited -  supports local media professionals and journalists, particularly in countries with limited (press) freedom. They are close to their audience and are the best guarantee for a sustainable, professional and diverse media landscape. 

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  • Global Freedom Expression - Columbia University.  Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world.

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  • Media Freedom Rapid Response The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is a Europe-wide mechanism, which tracks, monitors and reacts to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and Candidate Countries. This project provides legal support, public advocacy and information to protect journalists and media workers.

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In Russia

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WEBSITES OF INSTITUTIONS AND MEDIA COMPANIES

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      Representative of Freedom of Media

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  • Council of Europe 

      Commissionner for Human Rights 

      Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of           journalists

      European Audiovisual Observatory

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  • EUTELSAT IGO and Eutelsat S.A.​

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  • European channels currently distributed on the Russian market by NTV Plus and / or by Trikolor (as at.4.8.2022)​

    • Armenia TV Satellite (AM)

    • Da Vinci (DE)

    • Gulli Girl (FR/RU)

    • MCM Top Russia (FR)

    • Mezzo (FR)

    • Mezzo Live HD (FR)

    • Tiji (FR/RU)

    • English Club TV (GB)

    • Fashion One Europe (GB)

    • Motorsport TV (GB)

    • TV 1000 Action (GB)

    • TV 1000 East (GB)

    • TV 1000 Russkoe Kino (GB)

    • Viasat Explore Russia (GB)

    • Viasat History (GB)

    • Viasat Nature East (GB)

    • Viasat Sport East (GB)

    • Flix Snip (HR)

    • Babes TV (NL)

    • Barely Legal TV (NL)

    • Blue Hustler Europe (NL)

    • Brazzers TV Europe (NL)

    • Inplus (NL)

    • Inultra (NL)

    • Extreme Sports Channel (NL)

    • Exxxotica (NL)

    • Nick TV Jr Central & Eastern EUrope (NL)

    • Playboy TV Europe  (NL)

    • Duck TV SD (RO)

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TV DATABASE AND SATELLTITE TV CHANNEL TRACKERS

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MONITORING OF RUSSIAN TV AND RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION

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ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSIAN APARATUS OF DISINFORMATION AND WAR  PROPAGANDA

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OTHER EUTELSAT STORIES 

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  • NATO war in Serbia (1999)

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Eutelsat Cuts Off Serb TV Signals Scoring Major Victory for NATO, WSJ, 27.5.1999.

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The Serbia Information Ministry Thursday most severely condemned the EUTELSAT Board of Directors decision to discontinue transmitting the Radio-TV Serbia (RTS) satellite program and, thus, make RTS inaccessible in European countries., Serbia Ministry of Information, 27.5.1999.

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Plug pulled on Serb satellite TV, BBC News, 27.5.1999

 
Reporters without frontiers criticize Eutelsat decision, 29.5.1999

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  • Ban of Al-Manaar (2004)

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France bans Hizbullah TV station, The Guardian, 15.12.2004

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  • NDTV (2005-2012)

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Serge Larcher Question écrite N° 17492 au Ministère de la culture - Fin de contrat de diffusion en Chine de New Tang Dynasty Television par Eutelsat 5.5.2005 et Réponse 4.8.2005
 

Eutelsat censure la chaîne en chinois NDTV pour satisfaire les autorités de Pékin, RSF, 17.7.2008.

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Quand le bouquet Eutelsat fait une fleur à Pékin, Libération, 8.7.2010

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Didier Guillaume, Question écrite N° 22136 au Ministère des affaires (caduque), Arrêt de la diffusion de la chaîne indépendante NTDTV vers la Chine, Question soumise le 2 février 2012

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Sophie Joissains, Question écrite N° 22523 au Ministère de la culture, Eutelsat et la NTDTV, Question soumise le 23 février 2012, Réponse le 3 mai 2012

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  • Call to close down London-based Arabic radio station (2005)

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Call to close down London-based Arabic radio station, The Guardian, 18.8.2005

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  • Iranian channel Saharv (2005)

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Sahar1 : Eutelsat mise en demeure, CSA, 10.2.2005

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  • Al Islah TV (2008)

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Une chaîne d'opposition cible d'interférences malveillantes : Reporters sans frontières dénonce la passivilité d'Eutelsat, RSF, 2.9.2008.

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  • Iranian jamming of BBC service (2009 - 2013)

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Iran elections: BBC World Service battles satellite interference, The Guardian, 19.6.2009

 

BBC joins international protests against Iranian TV interference, The Guardian, 14.1.2010

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US embassy cables: Retaliation planned after Iran jammed BBC broadcasts, The Guardian, 4.2.2010

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WikiLeaks cables: Iranian TV channel faced UK sanction over jamming row. The Guardian, 21.12.2010

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Iran targets BBC Persian service by jamming signals and harassing staff, The Guardian, 22.2.2013

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  • Launch of the satellite Eutelsat W3 by a Chine rocket Long March (2009)

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Michel Boutant (Sénat), Question orale sans débat N° 709 au Ministère de l'écologie Décision d'Eutelsat de confier à une fusée chinoise le lancement de son satellite de télécommunications - Question soumise le 5 novembre 2009 - Réponse par Mme Valérie Létard, secrétaire d'État en charge des technologies vertes et des négociations sur le climat.

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  • "1K" - Perviy Kavkazskiy   (2010)

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Eutelsat, la télévision géorgienne et les diktats de la censure russe, Le Monde, 2.2.2010

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R. Haddad, Eutelsat, relais satellite des régimes autoritaires?, La Règle du jeu, 2.2.2020

 

Garry Kasparov, Don't cosy up to Russia, Europe, The Guardian, 23.2.2010.

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Droit de réponse : Eutelsat nous répond, Libération, 24.2.2010

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  • Roj TV (2012)

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Terrordømte Roj TV pilles af satellit, TV2, 19.12012

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Fermeture de Roj TV : Eutelsat se substitue à la justice, RSF, 20.1.2012

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  • Russian proposition of sanctions against Eutelsat (2014)

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Russian minister seeks Eutelsat sanctions, Broadband TV News, 3.4.2015

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  • Kurdish televisions (2016)

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Question en séance du Sénat de M. Michel Millout à Harlem Désir, Secrétaire d'Etat, 19.10.2016

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Eutelsat accusé de bloquer des télévisions kurdes, Le Monde, 12.11.2026

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Le tribunal ordonne à Eutelsat de rediffuser une chaîne kurde, Le Monde, 15.11.2016

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Turquie : Eutelsat condamné à rétablir la diffusion de deux chaînes de TV kurdes, SNJ, 18.11.2016

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  • CGTN (2021)

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Interdite de diffusion au Royaume-Uni, CGTN, la télévision internationale d’Etat chinoise, s’en remet à la France, Le Monde, 2.3.2021.

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