Steep proposed to limit the number of foreign music on the radio – RBC

The composer Igor Krutoy during a concert, in December 2015

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The composer Igor Krutoy called legislatively restrict the rotation of foreign performers in live Russian radio stations. The preparation of a similar law previously engaged in the State Duma

The composer Igor Krutoy has called for a law that would limit the percentage of foreign performers in ethers Russian radio stations. This composer told the participants of the Youth Forum “Tavrida” in the Crimea, reports TASS. “We need to pass a law that would limit scrolling radio foreign artists”, – said the composer. These restrictions allow to get into the ethers as a young and talented Russian musicians as well as increase the number of songs of classic singers, says Cool, referring to the experience of French radio stations.

In addition to the Hardball with members of the “Tauris” and communicated producer Joseph Prigogine and singer Valeria. Asked about the formats and prejudicial to the performers of ethnic music from television and radio producers, Prigogine called “strike the right balance of musical relationships to preserve our own history.” This is stated in the press service of the forum.

«If at least 1% of the time on the air of our music stations It has given Russian folk music, it would’ve been good, it would help us to preserve our cultural tradition” – said Prigogine. Idea supported the singer Valeria. She also advocated the creation of a radio station entirely dedicated to traditional Russian culture and music of our country. The singer also said that she was ready to raise the issue at a meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts.

Limit the execution of foreign songs in Russian broadcast stations over the past few years, we offered the State Duma. In December 2014 a deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Alexei Didenko said that prepared a bill that restricts the use of foreign languages ​​in the musical compositions broadcast television and radio broadcasting to 15%. MP in an interview with “Izvestiya” noted that the exception will be made only for the countries of the languages ​​that were part of the USSR. For violation of the rules Didenko, proposed to introduce a fine of up to 100 thousand. Rub. However, a bill to the State Duma has not yet been introduced.

Before Didenko on the need to limit the songs in foreign languages ​​spoken in the air and the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In 2010, he introduced a bill, according to which not less than 60% of music on radio and TV should be in Russian or in the languages ​​of the peoples living in Russia. For almost six years, deputies have not considered the bill Zhirinovsky.

In 2014, producer, founder of the “Federation” Fund Vladimir Kiselev proposed the idea of ​​creating on the basis of Russian Media Group (RMG includes “Russian radio”, the Maximum and others) “patriotic media holding” – “incubator” for the “cultivation of new patriotic artists”. Idea supported by the Ministry of Communications, wrote in August 2015 RBC. In the fall of 2015 Kiselev said RNS, that person may redeem the IFD “Kapital” package in the RMG (78%). “We take the credit, buy RMG – I am,” State concert “every third organization to whom the bank will provide. And start to work, to repay the loan, “- said the producer

In the spring of 2016 the service company” Business-Garant “, the sole owner of which, as follows from the data SPARK is Kiselev, attracted VTB loan to buy RMG.. As reported by “Vedomosti”, the loan amounted to 3.5 billion rubles. under 12% per annum and secured by shares in the RMG.