FAKE // Moldova did not ban a famous Soviet film
No institution in Moldova has banned the Soviet film "Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession," despite claims made by false reports from the Russian Federation.
The clarification was made by the Audiovisual Council (CA), which recalls that national legislation only prohibits the retransmission of television and radio audiovisual programs with informative, informative-analytical, military and political content that were produced in states other than the member states of the European Union, the United States of America, Canada and the states that have ratified the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, except films and entertainment programs that do not have a militaristic content.
“These legal provisions are invoked in the warnings displayed on TV screens, the pictures of which are printed in a row with false information regarding an alleged ban on the cinematographic work in question. Such messages appear on TV screens only after the decision of the distributors of audiovisual media services (cable operators), in situations where they consider that a certain retransmitted content falls under the legal restrictions cited above. Government authorities, as well as the national audiovisual regulatory authority, do not intervene in this process in any way, do not censor editorial content or block its broadcast, but only monitor compliance with audiovisual legislation, from the moment a specific content is aired, explains the CA.
The institution recalls that this case is similar to last year, when, very shortly before the elections last fall, an alleged ban in the Republic of Moldova of the animated film “Smeshariki” was also promoted.
"The Audiovisual Council qualifies these smokescreens, drawn in indigo, as attempts to inoculate the public perception of the idea that, in our state, media/audiovisual content in Russian or of Russian origin is censored and banned, in the desire to fuel a false Russophobic attitude among society. However, the program schedules of media service distributors operating on the territory of the Republic of Moldova contain a fairly generous offer of stations/programs in Russian or of Russian origin", the CA press release states.
We note that this is the third falsehood debunked by the Moldovan authorities on Tuesday, September 23.
The Ministry of Defence warned against a photo promoted in public space with erroneous information about foreign military personnel, who are part of the diplomatic staff of embassies accredited in Chisinau, and who conducted a documentary visit to a military unit in the Cahul garrison.
At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) denied the veracity of a document sent by email to managerial and teaching staff from vocational and technical education institutions, which requested that they grant space for the political activities of an electoral competitor.
The authorities in Chisinau have repeatedly warned that the Russian Federation is launching disinformation campaigns in the public space with the aim of creating animosity in society and confusing citizens, in view of the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28.
