Friday, October 25, 2013

"Rain": Mikhail Leontiev lead channel "Spas" - Moscow Times

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journalist Mikhail Leontiev become the chief editor of the TV channel “Spas” according to “Rain” with reference to a number of sources. Leontiev himself has not confirmed this information. “I have no such information,” – he said, RIA “Novosti”.

According to “Rain”, “Savior” will turn into an analogue of the American TV channel Fox News. For changing the concept of responsible investment and shareholder of Rostelecom and former head of the foundation Basil Konstantin Malofeev. Nominations of new television executives agreed by the presidential administration and the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Malofeev insisted on changing the channel concept and turning it into Fox News, according to sources, “Rain”. The channel will cease to be Orthodox-patriotic. His plan to make public information, but relying on conservative and traditional values.

future rebranding the channel was the main reason for the switch in September, “Savior” in the second multiplex. This is a digital package of TV and radio channels, which are distributed using the same frequency. Participation of the channel cost almost a billion rubles a year.

According to “The Rain”, Malofeeva part in the fate of the canal was one of the conditions for the suspension of criminal proceedings against the “orthodox entrepreneur.” He was suspected of fraud with credit VTB. In addition, in December 2012 SCR opened a criminal investigation into the bribery of voters in the election in the Smolensk region, in which he took part Malofeev. As he wrote, “Kommersant”, the businessman went to the polls in Znamenskoye Ugransk area to take a seat in the Council of Federation of the regional administration.

Malofeev did not deny his contacts with the “saved”, but said that any public investment projects related to the channel, he is not involved. The current CEO of the channel journalist Boris Kostenko declined to comment on any changes in the editorial policy of the channel.

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