Gunmen seize Simferopol television station, turn off Channel 5, 1+1, turn on Rossiya 24

“Armed men, along with representatives of Russian television and
radio companies, entered Simferopol Radio and Television Transmitting
Station at 1000 on March 6. They illegally stopped the broadcasting of
Channel 5 and 1+1 Channel and turned on the television signal of Rossiya
24 to a network of transmitters of the Black Sea Television and Radio
Company, and are making illegal attempts to turn on other Russian
channels. Coverage of the Crimean territory by the Black Sea Radio and
Television Company is 84%,” reads the statement.

The concern noted that on the territory of the Simferopol Radio and
Television Transmitting Station there was a large number of pro-Russian
Cossacks who make threats and carry out psychological pressure on the
employees of the concern.