My view as a resident of Kiev Ukraine - 3/17 edition

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93. Yea, real funny. Not.

Who do you think I'm going to believe: anonymous poster on DU or my mother- and sister-in-law?

Also, here is Volia TV's explanation of what happened to Russian channels (in Russian, use Google Translate):

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Changes in the packages we make (are) based on a survey of subscribers, which is why since March 2, we started a survey of subscribers in each city where the service is available.
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We, alone, before a decision by the National Council, made changes to the TV packages, suspending access to the unencrypted channels "RTR Planeta", "First Channel. World Wide Web "and" NTV Mir &quot TV channel" Russia 24 "is not available) in all cities of Ukraine, where subscribers voted for such changes. In addition, the channels were upgraded to the more expensive packages in Kiev, the distribution of which is based on an individual subscription.
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Below is the results of voting subscribers by region.

Question: Do you consider it necessary to (move) the Russian news channels in(to) packages of pay-TV (digital packets) :

Cherkasy: for - 31% - against 69%;
Dnepropetrovsk: for - 64% - against 36%;
Donetsk: for - 16% - against 84%;
Kharkiv: for - 46% - against 54%;
Khmelnitsky: for - 70% - against 30%;
Kiev: for - 59% - against 41%;
Kiev region: for - 25% - against 75%;
Lviv: for - 74% - against 26%;
Poltava: for - 59% - against 41%;
(Rivne): for - 70% - against 30%;
Ternopil: for - 100%, against - 0%;
Vinnitsa: for - 78% - against 22%;
Zaporozhye: for - 59% - against 41%.

Can I demand that Cablevision give me free PRESS TV?