Independent TV Channel Pulled Off Air
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From Times Wire Reports
Russia’s sole nationwide independent TV channel was yanked off the air, rekindling a debate on how President Vladimir V. Putin views press freedoms.
The Press Ministry said it closed TVS, where many reporters took refuge after two other channels were closed, because it was mired in a financial and management crisis. Journalists and liberals acknowledged the station had difficulties but said the move threatened objective reporting of politics.
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