Due to the sanctions imposed by the West against the Russian Federation due to the war in Ukraine, access to Russian TV channels of the VGTRK holding and Zvezda is blocked in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, DW reports..

In Turkmenistan, the broadcasting of the Russian TV channels " The operator promised to organize a backup broadcast in the near future.

Earlier on Friday, it became known that some Russian TV channels were temporarily blocked in Kyrgyzstan as well.. The broadcasting of the channels Rossiya-24, Rossiya Kultura and Zvezda has been suspended there.. "

It is noted that work is currently underway to organize backup broadcasting for a stable signal.

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Meanwhile, broadcasting of other Russian TV channels continues, such as Channel One, RenTV, NTV, STS, TNT, Che, Match and a number of others..

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After the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, its leadership and employees were imposed by the EU, Great Britain, Australia and other countries. In the United States, Channel One, Rossiya-1 and NTV were sanctioned. In connection with the penalties, satellite owners unilaterally began to turn off the broadcasts of these TV channels.