Ukrainian TV channel drops show prompting censorship accusations
By
our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online
Kyiv (dpa) – A popular television show in Ukraine was dropped by the
broadcaster shortly before it was due to air, prompting the presenter
to Saturday accuse Kyiv of censorship amid mounting concerns over
press freedom in the country.
Savik Shuster, the presenter of the political talkshow Shuster Live,
hit out with claims that pro-Western President Petro Poroschenko was
no better than his corrupt predecessor Viktor Yanukovych.
The 1+1 broadcaster cited public unrest as a reason for axeing the
“extremely tense and politicized” show.
Poroshenko on Wednesday signed a decree to ban about 400 people,
including dozens of foreign journalists, from entering Ukraine on the
grounds that they posed a threat to national security.
Most of the journalists on the list were Russian, and the measure was
widely seen as a response to coverage of pro-Russian separatists in
the country‘s east, whom the government has outlawed as terrorists.
The Ukrainian leader later signed an order revoking the ban against
several journalists of British, Spanish and German citizenship.
Yanukovych, the pro-Russian former leader, was ousted amid mass
protests in Kyiv that called for closer ties with the European Union.
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