Newsone and Russia 24 Teleconference

The Ukrainian TV channel NewsOne, owned by Viktor Medvedchuk's associate Taras Kozak, and the Russian pro-government TV channel Russia 24 will hold a joint teleconference called "We Need to Talk".

The teleconference between Russia and Ukraine is due to take place on July 12 at 17:00 Kyiv time. The hosts from Russia 24 will be Maria Sittel and Andrei Malakhov, and from NewsOne – Vasyl Holovanov and Olena Kyryk.

The head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information policy, Viktoriia Siumar, condemned the holding of such a link-up, calling it treason.

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