Discovery has suspended all operations in Russia amid the country’s war in Ukraine. Around 15 channels that operate through Media Alliance – a joint venture with Russia’s National Media Group – will go off air from Wednesday. This was reported by The Variety.
The business joins a growing number of media companies that are turning their backs on Russian operations. CNN, which also operates through the same joint venture, stopped broadcasting from within Russia following a new media law passed last week that criminalizes the publication of "false information" about Russia’s military.
Under the new law, journalists who call the war a "war" could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison. The BBC also suspended its journalism from Russia following the announcement of the new censorship law, although it U-turned on its decision on Tuesday and has now resumed reporting.
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