adult russian tv Romanian Mulls Permit for Russian TV Romania’s Audiovisual Council is considering whether a Moldovan television station that rebroadcasts Russian programs can operate in Romania, amid fears that it will spread pro-Kremlin propaganda Romania’s National Audiovisual Council, the country’s is set to decide at its next meeting whether to allow a Moldovan television channel that broadcasts Russian state TV programs to operate in Romania. Local experts and journalists have warned that the station might give a powerful voice for Kremlin propaganda. state-owned-language channel, owned by the state company VGTRK. It rebroadcasts internationally programs by Kultural and news channel . In Moldova, it owns RTR Moldova television channel, which also broadcasts its own local news both in language. The Moldovan company operating RTR in May registered a branch in Iasi, eastern Romania, called Telecontent Productions SRL, and applied for a license to broadcast in the country on cable. discussed the application on August 10 but council members postponed making a decision. The council was scheduled to convene on Thursday, August 17, but the meeting was postponed to a date that the council said would be announced soon. journalists and media analysts say RTR’s application might be successful. Mihai Pavelescu, a journalist who covers cable television news in , and who was present at the August 10 hearing, said some members of the broadcast watchdog found the request from RTR to be legitimate. Others questioned the content of the programs that station plans to broadcast . 18987http://www.russian-tv-online.com