Article: United Russia Looks to Set Up a TV Channel, THE MOSCOW TIMES

Simon Saradzhyan
The Moscow Times (Russia)
09-29-2003
A banner draped across the Moskva hotel with a quote from President Vladimir
Putin saying, "Together we must make Russia united, strong."
Adding to the controversy surrounding media election coverage, the
pro-Kremlin United Russia party is proposing the idea of running its own
dedicated television channel.
The party has asked the Moscow city government whether it can
broadcast a cable channel, in an unprecedented move that experts say adheres
with the existing election campaign laws but seems unlikely to benefit
the pro-Kremlin party's campaign significantly in the city.
United Russia leader and Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov filed an
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