Languages

Finnish television goes Russian

YLE in Russian

Finnish national broadcasting company Yle intends to start up Russian-language TV newscasts, YLE editor-in-chief Atte Jääskeläinen confirms.

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-YLE has the readiness to add to the programme supply, but it is a question of money, Jääskeläinen says to YLE News. Several politicians are now calling for the broadcasting company to extend its Russia services From before YLE offers services in Russian on radio and the Internet. According to the most modest plan on the table, YLE would offer Russian-language television newscasts once or twice a day.