Bhubaneswar: All staff members of Russian news channel TV Rain, also known as Dozhd, resigned live on-air after declaring “no to war” in the final telecast on Thursday.
The channel ended its final broadcast with staff walking off set after its website was blocked amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Following it, the channel played the ‘Swan Lake’ ballet video, which was shown on state-run TV channels in Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
The channel had reportedly received warnings over its coverage of the war in Ukraine. It was accused by the Russian government of ‘inciting extremism’ and spreading “false information” about “military” in Ukraine.
