LATVIAN TV DELAYS PUTIN DOCUMENTARY
December 7th 2007 20:51
LATVIAN OUTRAGE OVER RESCHEDULING OF PUTIN TV DOCUMENTARY TO FIT IN WITH RUSSIAN ELECTIONS
Latvian Television general director Janis Holsteins resigned after accepting responsibility for postponing the showing of the documentary, Putin’s System, according to Followthemedia.
Putin’s System is a documentary by French producer Jean-Michel Carre, which debuted in mid November at the Rencontre Internationales Du Documentaires De Montreal.
The documentary has been reviewed as less than complimentary to President Putin
Instead of showing the film on the scheduled day of December 1, it was shown on LTV7 on December 4. And bye bye Holsteins.
The significance of the rescheduling is that the Russian general elections were held on December 2. Latvia, like Lithuania and Estonia, has a substantial population of Russin citizens who vote in the Russian elections, and there were feelings that LTV7 may have postponed the airing of the commentary as a sop to the Russian government.
The day after Holstein quit, so too did Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his entire cabinet – but not over the Putin docco debate. Instead the government as such resigned amidst corruption scandals.
-From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski, published daily via Dow Jones' Factiva
Latvian Television general director Janis Holsteins resigned after accepting responsibility for postponing the showing of the documentary, Putin’s System, according to Followthemedia.
Putin’s System is a documentary by French producer Jean-Michel Carre, which debuted in mid November at the Rencontre Internationales Du Documentaires De Montreal.
The documentary has been reviewed as less than complimentary to President Putin
Instead of showing the film on the scheduled day of December 1, it was shown on LTV7 on December 4. And bye bye Holsteins.
The day after Holstein quit, so too did Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his entire cabinet – but not over the Putin docco debate. Instead the government as such resigned amidst corruption scandals.
-From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski, published daily via Dow Jones' Factiva
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Comment by Wynona Lavota
Generation Y Life
Well, I suppose if you've got something about Putin from United Russia but nothing about the Communist Party, the Agragian Party and all the other parties it could look like you were in favour of Putin. But again, the documantary did not seem skewed to me, so there were flattering and unflattering 'facts' in there.
Comment by Anonymous
Peter