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Russian Public Television (OTP), whose budget is almost exhausted, dead quiet. This was stated by a famous TV journalist Vladimir Pozner. According to him, care of the TV channel off the air no one would notice.

“I think it’s quite possible that the Public Television quietly, without a lot of noise, no drama, so to say, will die. And nobody really noticed. So it seems to me”, – quotes RIA “News” reporter. Posner believes unsurprising fact that the OTP running out of money. According to him, even if the government will allocate additional funds, the channel will exist for some time, but it will not save.

“For me it was clear that this is a stillborn child, that he would not live long. To me it was clear that none of this in the form in which it was conceived, will not work”, – said TV host. However, he declined to make any assumptions about what the idea of ??PTV did not meet the expectations of the Russian authorities.

“I can not say. I do not want to guess what he thinks Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,” – said the journalist. According to him, it was initially believed that the OTP in its current form – as the method of financing, and structure “in the sense of appointing the head of the President” – contrary to the very idea of ??public television.

eve OTP CEO Anatoly Lysenko said that the funds allocated from the state budget for the development of the channel has already been spent. According to him, the amount that was able to collect donations from viewers, television does not help.

recall, initiated the establishment of the Public Television was made in December 2011, Dmitry Medvedev, who then held the post of president. “None of the owners of this new media can have a decisive influence on any decisions – neither the state nor the private owner”, – he said. In April 2012, Medvedev signed a decree on the establishment of the OTP. Initially it was assumed that the frequency of the military depart OTR channel “Star”, but in the end, “the Star” still managed to defend.

OTP began broadcasting in test mode on May 19. Full operation of television was to begin in September.