NTV seized by force

To great surprise of its audience, today NTV channel began its work 40 minutes later than usual, with showing of TV serial. While the puzzled audience was “enjoying” the soup opera (which even was not shown from the beginning, but started from the middle of film), tensions run high at the office of the TV company. The office was seized by police force. There are nor victims neither damage. NTV new director general Boris Jordan, new editor-in-chief Vladimir Kulistikov, journalists Tatiana Mitkova and Leonid Parfyonov arrived at Ostankino in the night. NTV guards were replaced with a help of police and the new leaders of the company took up their duties. For the time being 30 NTV employees resigned. They passed their resignation to Tatiana Mitkova. At the same time, they applied for a job at TNT TN channel. They are planning to broadcast news every two hours.