The Russian channels RTR-Planeta and TV Center are to become available in Ukraine.
Lenta reports that the country’s National Council on Television and Radio has approved their distribution, as well as that of Tele 9, an Israeli channel targeting Russian-speaking viewers. It has also allowed the distribution of a number of channels from Belarus.
RTR-Planeta was one of several Russian channels banned from Ukraine in November 2008 for not broadcasting in the Ukrainian language.