1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Ukraine: Four TV stations yanked off the air - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TX4KJXGmar"><a href="https://cpj.org/1999/08/ukraine-four-tv-stations-yanked-off-the-air/">Ukraine: Four TV stations yanked off the air</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/1999/08/ukraine-four-tv-stations-yanked-off-the-air/embed/#?secret=TX4KJXGmar" width="600" height="338" title="“Ukraine: Four TV stations yanked off the air” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="TX4KJXGmar" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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August 6, 1999 His Excellency Leonid Kuchma President of Ukraine vul. Bankivska 11 Kyiv, Ukraine Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly troubled by your government's recent suspension of all broadcasts by four independent television stations on the Crimean peninsula. On July 26, your government's frequency inspection agency ordered the state-run Crimean…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260