Dozhd

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Dozhd
Дождь
Tvrain.svg
TypeNews, current affairs
CountryRussia
Broadcast area
SloganOptimistic Channel[1]
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerDozhd media holding
Key people
History
Founded21 April 2008; 13 years ago (2008-04-21)[2]
Launched27 April 2010; 11 years ago (2010-04-27)[3]
FounderNatalya Sindeyeva
Links
WebcastLive stream (paywall)
Websitetvrain.ru Edit this at Wikidata
Availability
Cable
Dom.ruChannel 707 (HD)[4]
Satellite
Astra 31.5°E12070 H 30000 3/4 (SD)
Ekspress-AT112207 R 27500 3/4 (SD)
Streaming media
Apple TVdetails (in Russian)
YandexLive stream

Dozhd (Russian: Дождь, IPA: [ˈdoʂtʲ] (About this soundlisten), lit. 'Rain'; stylized as До///дь), also known as TV Rain, is a Russian independent television channel with focus on news, discussions, culture, politics, business reports, and documentaries.[5] Most Dozhd shows are live broadcasts. The channel's motto is "talk about important things with those who are important to us". It is owned by journalist Natalya Sindeyeva.[6][7]

Dozhd is a recipient of TEFI (2011), Runet Prize (2013) and Free Media Award (2014).[8][9][10] The channel's journalists received Redkollegia award in September 2017, February 2019 and January 2021.[11][12][13]

Programming and staff[]

Dozhd' news room hosting the channel founder Natalya Sindeyeva during a visit by then-President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, 25 April 2011

Key people[]

Current programs[]

  • Here and Now (news) – Evgeniya Voskoboynikova, Darya Polygaeva, Kogershyn Sagieva, Grigoriy Aleksanyan, Mikhail Kozyrev, Denis Kataev.
  • Here and Now: Night show (news) – Darya Polygaeva, Anna Mongait, Pavel Lobkov, Anton Zhelnov, Tatyana Arno.
  • Hard Day's Night (interviews) – Anton Zhelnov.
  • And so on with Mikhail Fishman – Mikhail Fishman, former editor-in-chef of Russian Newsweek.
  • Money – Lev Parkhomenko, Vyacheslav Shiryaev, Artyom Torchinskiy, Margarita Lyutova, Stepan Danilov, Maya Nelyubina.
  • Sindeyeva – Natalya Sindeyeva.
  • Speak (interviews) – Yuliya Taratuta.
  • Straight Line – Anna Nemzer, Anna Mongait, Kogershyn Sagieva, Lev Parkhomenko, Margarita Lyutova, Nadezhda Ivanitskaya, Stanislav Belkovsky, Victor Shenderovich.
  • Movchan – Andrey Movchan.
  • Kotrikadze of Foreign Affairs – Ekaterina Kotrikadze.

Former programs[]

Criticism[]

2011 protests[]

Dozhd was one of the first channels in Russia to openly cover the 2011 Russian protests against the alleged rigging of the parliamentary elections.[6] President Dmitry Medvedev was also noticed to have unfollowed Dozhd on Twitter. However, the channel was the first mass media outlet that he had chosen to follow on Twitter, according to an RIA Novosti report.[14] On 9 December 2011, Dozhd was asked to provide copies of its coverage of the protests to check if it had abided by Russian media laws.[14] By 10 December, it was showing a white ribbon, a symbol of the protests, by its on-screen logo. The station's owner, Sindeyeva, explained this as being a sign of "sincerity", rather than "propaganda", and an attempt to be "mediators" instead of simply journalists.[6]

Siege of Leningrad controversy[]

On 26 January 2014, Dozhd ran a poll on its website and on its live "Dilettantes" discussion program asking viewers if Leningrad should have been surrendered to the invading Nazi army in order to save hundreds of thousands of lives during the siege of Leningrad. Presenters cited Viktor Astafyev and compared it with the 1812 capture of vacant Moscow. Within 30 minutes, Dozhd removed the poll and apologized for incorrect wording. In the following days Dozhd was criticized by politicians, activists, State Duma members and Valentina Matvienko[15][16] for its online poll on the Leningrad siege of World War II. Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's press secretary, also criticized the channel[17] and said that they violated "more than a law".[18] Yuri Pripachkin, President of the Cable Television Association of Russia (AKTR), said that he wanted "to take functions of censoring".[19] In a resolution backed by the St. Petersburg legislature's deputies, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika was requested to "conduct an investigation into provocative material posted on the website of the Dozhd television channel … and take appropriate measures, including shutting down the channel".[20] On 29 January, the largest Russian TV providers disconnected the channel.[16] Dozhd was forced to move to a private apartment in October 2014.[21]

In November 2013, two months before the controversy, Dozhd broadcast a report by anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny investigating high-ranking officials including Vyacheslav Volodin.[22] The channel's owner, Natalya Sindeyeva, suggested that the program caused the campaign against the channel.[23]

Designation as foreign agent[]

On 20 August 2021, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation added Dozhd, along with the investigative website Important Stories (iStories), into the list of "foreign agents".[24] As stated by a representative of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation at the meeting with the members of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Dozhd was designated as "foreign agent" by the request of Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media because of distributing materials prepared by media and individuals which was declared a "foreign agents" earlier, such as Meduza, Current Time TV, Lev Ponomaryov, Lyudmila Savitskaya.[25] In response, Amnesty International criticized the move, stating that the authorities were "launching a campaign against independent media aimed at eradicating unbiased journalism and investigative reporting".[26]

Availability[]

Dozhd Website[27] provides live broadcasting and archived programs.

Since March 2013, the channel is available in Israel as part of basic package of the Yes Israel satellite television provider.

In January 2017, the channel was forced by the  [uk] to stop broadcasting in the country.[28] It was shut down because channel content implied Crimea was Russian territory.[28] According to Dozhd owner Natalya Sindeyeva Russian law requires that media use maps that show Crimea as a part of Russia.[28] Since the 2014 Crimean crisis, the status of Crimea is under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers Crimea an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia, on the other hand, considers Crimea an integral part of Russia.[29] Ukraine has since moved to ban for similar reasons RTVI.[30]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Maceda, Jim (22 February 2014). "Russia Targets 'Optimistic Channel' in Wide Media Crackdown". NBC News. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "ООО ТЕЛЕКАНАЛ ДОЖДЬ" (in Russian). RBK Group. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ Жохова, Анастасия; Тофанюк, Елена (24 June 2013). "На какие деньги создан телеканал «Дождь» и почему он так и не стал бизнесом". Forbes Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Дождь HD". Dom.ru (in Russian). ER-Telecom. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ Prilepskaya, Xenia (1 June 2010). "Rainy TV Channel's Optimistic Ambition". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ennis, Stephen (10 December 2011). "Analysis: Russian TV grapples with protests". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  7. ^ (22 December 2011). "Internet TV Channel Challenges Kremlin's Information Monopoly". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Belsat TV solidary with Russian TV channel Dozhd". Belsat TV. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. ^ "«Премию Рунета-2013» получили телеканал «Дождь» и социальная сеть «Кибердружина»". Lenta.ru (in Russian). 21 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Dozhd TV - Russia". Fritt Ord. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Питерские. Отец и сын. Авторитет из 90-х, с которым знаком Путин: тайная бизнес-империя Ильи Трабера". Redkollegia (in Russian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  12. ^ "«Побег». Фильм Сергея Ерженкова о двух толстовцах, которые бежали от государства в лес". Redkollegia (in Russian). 27 February 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Специальные эфиры об акциях протеста в защиту Навального". Redkollegia (in Russian). 31 January 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Medvedev unfollows Dozhd TV Archived 13 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Moscow News, retrieved 15 December 2011
  15. ^ "Новости NEWSru.com :: Телеканалу "Дождь" пригрозили отключением, а его опросом займется прокуратура". 28 January 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "Новости NEWSru.com :: Телеканал "Дождь" начали отключать в регионах, Синдеева назвала истинную причину таких решений". 29 January 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Песков: телеканал "Дождь" перешел все грани допустимого". Interfax.ru. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Дмитрий Песков о ситуации с ДОЖДЕМ: я не вижу смысла закрывать телеканал, но они нарушили больше, чем закон, перешли красную линию". 29 January 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  19. ^ "Ассоциация кабельного телевидения предложила отключить "Дождь"". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  20. ^ Weir, Fred (3 February 2014). "How a poll about Nazis brought a Russian TV station under Kremlin assault". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Russian liberal TV channel forced to quit premises". BBC News. 8 December 2014.
  22. ^ Latynina, Yulia (4 February 2014). "Rain, Rain, Go Away". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  23. ^ Davidoff, Victor (1 February 2014). "Lenin's Law Applied to Dozhd TV". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Телеканал "Дождь" признан в России иноагентом". Euronews. 20 August 2021.
  25. ^ "23.08.2021 "Дождь" признали "иноагентом" из-за распространения текстов "иноагентов"". Radio Liberty.
  26. ^ "Russia Labels Broadcaster Dozhd, Investigative Site iStories 'Foreign Agents'". The Moscow Times. 20 August 2021.
  27. ^ tvrain.ru Web site
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ukraine bans Russia’s opposition TV channel Dozhd, UNIAN (12 January 2017)
    Ukraine Bans Broadcasts Of Independent Russian TV Station Dozhd, Radio Free Europe (12 January 2017)
  29. ^ UKRAINE REPORTS RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY ON CRIMEA BORDER, Newsweek (8 August 2016)
    Gutterman, Steve (18 March 2014). "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
    Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
    UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity Archived 4 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, China Central Television (28 March 2014)
  30. ^ "Ukraine bans Russian language channel". 9 March 2020.

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