(MENAFN - UkrinForm) Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a co-chairman of the parliamentary faction of the European Solidarity party, has said that he has become the owner of the Priamyi television channel.
He announced this live on the channel during the telethon Seventh Anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity on Thursday, February 18, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
According to Poroshenko, he received 18 messages on February 17 that on February 19, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, sanctions will be imposed against the channel s owner, Volodymyr Makeyenko, and that the channel will be closed. Makeyenko called me this morning. He said that we need to make joint efforts to protect the channel. [.] Two hours ago we signed an agreement, and I paid money, a huge amount of money that could have been spent on charity. Two hours ago [a note was made] in the state register that the ultimate beneficial owner of the Priamyi channel i
Poroshenko says he bought Priamyi TV channel
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