MOSCOW. Aug 15 (Interfax) – Voice of Russia radio station will increase its broadcasting from Moscow for Georgia by using additional transmitters and increasing airtime.
“Voice of Russia will increase its broadcasting for Georgia by increasing the number of short- and medium-wave transmitters. The broadcasting facilities of the seven transmission units in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and Samara have now been connected,” the Voice of Russia said in a press statement.
Moreover, Voice of Russia’s Russian programs will be re- broadcast in the Abkhaz capital on the FM frequency at 107.9 MHz. Their broadcasting has now been increased from six to ten hours per day.
On August 9, a decree by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the decision by Georgia’s National Security Council banned all Russian television and radio channels and barred access to the Russian part of the Internet.
Voice of Russia stopped its broadcasting from Tbilisi for Georgia from the early hours of August 8. The radio station started broadcasting for Georgia from Moscow.
“Currently, broadcasting services from Moscow for Georgia and adjacent regions are provided 14 hours per day,” the statement said.
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