Passwords and appearances: in accordance with the new law, the media first reported on foreign funding
From 2016, the media are required to report on foreign funding once a quarter. The relevant amendments to the law “On Mass Media” came into force. According to the results of the first quarter of 2016, Kommersant Publishing House , Vedomosti newspaper , Novaya Gazeta , Rossiyskaya Gazeta , Burda Publishing House, Konde Nast Publishing House , Hurst Shkulev Publishing and many others reported . Full list published Roskomnadzor.
By law, the media must disclose funds received from a foreign state, international organizations, foreign agents or a Russian company whose founders or participants are foreigners. Publications may not report to Roskomnadzor if they receive funds from the founder, spread advertising or sell copies, if it is less than 15 thousand rubles at a time.
A top manager of Kommersant told Vedomosti that the ED earns, including at conferences, bringing the company about 1 billion rubles a year. ID clients at these conferences are often foreign companies. Therefore, this item of income can be considered as foreign financing, explains the source "Vedomosti".
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The publisher of Vedomosti, Gleb Prozorov, said that this publication also receives foreign funding in the same way. According to him, the law on foreign financing is vaguely worded and does not take into account all business models of the media: sales of advertising and subscriptions, as well as receiving funds from the founders, do not fall under foreign financing. Also, this norm does not apply to representative offices of foreign media and media created in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation.
Notifications are sent in electronic form no later than the 10th day of each month following the reporting one.
In itself, getting into the list does not entail any consequences for the media, RBC quotes the spokesman for Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky. In case of non-compliance with the requirements of the law, the media faces a fine - according to Ampelonsky, it can be either equal to the received foreign funding, or double it. Roskomnadzor may initiate an audit of the media for foreign funding, either as part of routine monitoring or by notifying the relevant authorities.
"Megamind" wrote that the German media holding Axel Springer is not ready to fulfill the requirements of the new law "On Mass Media" and decided to leave the Russian market. Axel Springer Russia negotiated the sale of its assets, in particular the Russian edition of Forbes.
According to the new amendments to the Law “On Mass Media”, since January 2016, foreigners are prohibited from directly or indirectly owning more than 20% of any Russian media. Therefore, now foreign investors had to either leave the Russian market or reorganize the business so that it meets the new requirements. Previously, due to this law, entrepreneur Viktor Shkulev brought his share to 80% in the publishing house Hearst Shkulev Media.
By law, the media must disclose funds received from a foreign state, international organizations, foreign agents or a Russian company whose founders or participants are foreigners. Publications may not report to Roskomnadzor if they receive funds from the founder, spread advertising or sell copies, if it is less than 15 thousand rubles at a time.
A top manager of Kommersant told Vedomosti that the ED earns, including at conferences, bringing the company about 1 billion rubles a year. ID clients at these conferences are often foreign companies. Therefore, this item of income can be considered as foreign financing, explains the source "Vedomosti".
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The publisher of Vedomosti, Gleb Prozorov, said that this publication also receives foreign funding in the same way. According to him, the law on foreign financing is vaguely worded and does not take into account all business models of the media: sales of advertising and subscriptions, as well as receiving funds from the founders, do not fall under foreign financing. Also, this norm does not apply to representative offices of foreign media and media created in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation.
Notifications are sent in electronic form no later than the 10th day of each month following the reporting one.
In itself, getting into the list does not entail any consequences for the media, RBC quotes the spokesman for Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky. In case of non-compliance with the requirements of the law, the media faces a fine - according to Ampelonsky, it can be either equal to the received foreign funding, or double it. Roskomnadzor may initiate an audit of the media for foreign funding, either as part of routine monitoring or by notifying the relevant authorities.
"Megamind" wrote that the German media holding Axel Springer is not ready to fulfill the requirements of the new law "On Mass Media" and decided to leave the Russian market. Axel Springer Russia negotiated the sale of its assets, in particular the Russian edition of Forbes.
According to the new amendments to the Law “On Mass Media”, since January 2016, foreigners are prohibited from directly or indirectly owning more than 20% of any Russian media. Therefore, now foreign investors had to either leave the Russian market or reorganize the business so that it meets the new requirements. Previously, due to this law, entrepreneur Viktor Shkulev brought his share to 80% in the publishing house Hearst Shkulev Media.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/300334/
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