NTV, might seem an unattractive investment, even by the dismal standards of the former Soviet Union.
Then came the December 20 shocker: The prime state channel NTV carried an unabashed anti-Putin broadcast.
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In a series of preposterously manipulated court decisions, they took over NTV and appointed new leadership.
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Two investigative reporters from state-controlled NTV television also turned up at Memorial's offices uninvited on Thursday.
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The injured journalist was 38-year-old Didem Tuncay, who until recently had worked for NTV television.
At the same meeting, he handed over a minibus, a truck and 15 motorcycles, reports Uganda's NTV.
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NTV's favourite politicians, the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, questioned the wisdom of pushing the war further.
Almost half the Russian public began to see the anti-NTV campaign as a violation of freedom of speech.
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Rebels fired rocket launchers on an army post in Hakkari province just after midnight, NTV in Turkey said.
The offensive is one of the biggest in years, with NTV reporting that about 2, 000 troops are involved.
The plot allegation was aired in a documentary on Russia's NTV channel, which the SK cited as evidence.
But, according to NTV, the campaign's message is not yet hitting the target.
Journalists say the takeover by the state-dominated company is a crude attempt by the Kremlin to censor NTV's output.
In 1995, current Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko praised Adolph Hitler in a Russian NTV interview, igniting widespread international indignation.
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This remarkable broadcast remains a mystery: Did Putin wish to show that free speech existed or had NTV journalists gone rogue?
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Reporters from Russia's NTV network were allowed to follow his morning routine.
NTV's founder, Vladimir Gusinsky, who in 1999 enthusiastically backed their political rivals.
While Italy has had high-speed trains since the late 1970s, NTV is the country's first rail operator not run by the state.
Military jets are pursuing them and bombing their escape routes, NTV said.
Western governments are continuing to express concern about the situation at NTV.
Moscow commercial NTV television broke into its 1500 GMT news with its announcement of President Yeltsin's decision on Sunday to sack the government.
He believes rail is the best way to travel in Europe and sees the emergence of NTV as a sign of rail renaissance.
His media holdings some of the country's top independent outlets, including NTV television, the Segodnya newspaper and Itogi magazine came under pressure.
The government controls Channel One and Russia One - two of the three main federal channels - while state-controlled energy giant Gazprom owns NTV.
NTV, has begun to air some criticism of the war, starting with a discussion by foreign journalists, who were booed by the studio audience.
NTV, Mr Gusinsky's television channel, still maintains a robust editorial line.
Seven people, including three Turkish police officials and two soldiers were wounded, said Adulhakim Ayhan, mayor of the border town of Akcakale, on private NTV television.
Last October NTV broadcast a controversial documentary called Anatomy Of A Protest 2, which alleged that anti-Kremlin protest leaders in Russia were funded by a Georgian MP.
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One passenger aboard the plane, Kerem Uzel, told Turkish news channel NTV that the plane's landing had been announced when they were at an altitude of 600m (2, 000ft).
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