Current Time TV

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Current Time TV
Настоящее Время
CountryCzech Republic
Broadcast areaRussia, Ukraine, countries of Central Asia and Eastern Europe
HeadquartersPrague
Programming
LanguageRussian
Ownership
OwnerRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
History
Launched7 February 2017; 9 years ago (2017-02-07)
Links
Webcasten.currenttime.tv/live-online
WebsiteRussian: currenttime.tv
English en.currenttime.tv
Entertainment votvot.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Tet (Latvia)MUX2 (Channel 22, Pay TV)

Current Time TV (Russian: Настоящее Время, romanized: Nastoyashcheye Vremya) is a Russian-language television channel with editorial office in Prague, created by the US organisations Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America.

Mission

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The channel – via RFE/RL – is funded through grants from the US Congress through the US Agency for Global Media.[1] The media sees its task in "promoting democratic values and institutions". RFE/RL launched Current Time, in October 2014.[2] The official round-the-clock broadcasting began on February 7, 2017.[3][4][5]

Current Time was instituted as an alternative to Kremlin-controlled media and Russian propaganda.[6][7] Despite the fact that Current Time was intended to counterbalance Russian official news coverage, Kenan Aliyev,[8] executive editor of Current Time, told Reuters that C.T. was not counterpropaganda at all.[9]

Reception

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In December 2017 Russia's Ministry of Justice added the outlet to the list of "foreign agents". It, alongside 8 other American public broadcasters, was the first mass media outlet to be included to the list of "foreign agents".[10]

Distribution

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Current Time is available on cable, satellite and digital platforms in Russia, the Baltics, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Caucasus and central Asia.[9] It had over 1,500,000 followers on Facebook and 1,300,000 subscribers on YouTube in August 2020.[5]

On 27 February 2022, Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the channel for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] On January 5, 2024, a Belarusian court declared the Internet pages of “Current Time” extremist.[12]

In April 2025, following a decision of the U.S. Agency for Global Media distribution via Astra and Eutelsat satellite networks ceased.[13]

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