Russian Upper House to Back Bill to Limit Foreign Ownership in News Aggregators - Speaker
The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, will undoubtedly back a bill on reducing foreign ownership in the country's news aggregators, Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, will undoubtedly back a bill on reducing foreign ownership in the country's news aggregators, Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko said on Wednesday.
"The Federation Council will certainly support the bill, we cannot but support it. We already have a law that foreign ownership in media should not exceed 20 percent," Matviyenko told reporters.