Roskomnadzor promises to react to deputy Margelov's demand to block Euronews
MOSCOW. Sept 15 (Interfax) - Russia's Roskomnadzor will study the request made by State Duma deputy Mikhail Margelov (United Russia) in which he asks the agency to block user access to the television channel Euronews, which has shown images of the Ukrainian military shooting a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We will study Mr Margelov's request when it reached Roskomnadzor and we will definitely react to it," Roskomnadzor press officer Vadim Ampelonsky told Interfax on Monday.
Ampelonsky said there is a certain procedure for reacting to parliamentary inquiries. Specifically, Roskomnadzor will check the information stated in the inquiry.
"We have to contact the television channel and request a video recording of the program. When our specialists have analyzed the video and if they have suspicion that the materials are illegal, we will order a forensic evaluation of this video," Ampelonsky said.
Izvestia earlier reported that Margelov has sent to Roskomnadzor and the Prosecutor General's Office inquiries asking them to investigate the broadcasting of images of the Ukrainian military shooting a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the news channel Euronews .
The parliamentarian said the video was broadcast on the channel on September 12 throughout the day. Margelov believes these images are aimed at fanning hatred and feud, and belittle the dignity of the Russian president and all Russian people.
The parliamentarian believes there are grounds for opening a criminal case on the basis of the broadcasting of this video and for halting the broadcasts of Euronews on the territory of Russia.
Euronews is a European daily round-the-clock information channel which broadcasts videos of the world's events and audio comments in 14 languages. According to the channel, its audience comprises 350 million households in 135 countries.
