Entire Staff Of A Russian TV Channel Resigns Live On-Air Over Ukraine Invasion
Natalia Sindeyeva, one of the channel’s founders, said “No to war” in the last telecast.
All the employees staged a walkout from the studio. As per the statement by the channel, it has suspended the operation “indefinitely.”
Writer Daniel Abrahams shared the video of mass resignation on LinkedIn.
ААААААА @tvrain
Они реально это сделали pic.twitter.com/ykWEc7AacM— Велик (@annavellikok) March 3, 2022
After the staff made a dramatic exit, the channel played the ‘Swan Lake’ ballet video, the same video shown on state-run TV channels in Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Meanwhile TVRain, the last independent media outlet operating in Russia, has shut down — here’s the last few minutes of its broadcast, poorly Google Translated. It then cut to Swan Lake, which has particular relevance: https://t.co/XXtUHroZkt pic.twitter.com/Iq7HSal7FW
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 3, 2022
Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station, one of Russia’s last remaining liberal media outlets, has also been dissolved by its board. The editor on Thursday claimed that their staff was under pressure over its coverage of the war in Ukraine. The radio station has featured interviews with Ukrainian journalists who described the horrors of Russia’s invasion.
