BBC radio ordered off Russian FM

BBC radio ordered off Russian FM

The BBC's Russian-language service will no longer be heard on Russian FM radio, after the country's media regulator ordered that it be removed.

The broadcaster's last FM distribution partner in Russia, Bolshoye Radio, said it had been told to remove BBC content or risk being shut down.

Two other Russian FM stations have dropped BBC programming recently.

The BBC's Russian Service can still be heard online and on medium and short wave frequencies in Russia.

BBC executives said they would appeal against the decision.

Anyone here from russia that can tell us what the bbc was transmitting in the air waves that the russians had to take the radio station down. BBC like many of us here already have debated is just mi6 media corp, so do you wonder has this to do with the poisioned spy or are they talking about things that the russian state does not want transmitted to there country.

Whats your views?

[edit on 8/17/2007 by andy1033]