Messages against the war of aggression – the Russian TV station breaks off
The French Ligue 1 and the Premier League can no longer be seen on Russian TV, but the Bundesliga can. In fact. A Russian broadcaster canceled the broadcast of the Bayern game because of messages against the Russian war of aggression. Not for the first time.
BIn the Bundesliga game between Arminia Bielefeld and FC Bayern Munich on Sunday, they could not be overlooked: signs against the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Among other things, “Stop war, Putin” was written on an advertising board in the Schüco Arena (“Stop the war, Putin”).
Reason enough for the Russian broadcaster Match TV to end its live broadcast after a good 30 minutes when the score was 1-0 for Bayern (final score 3-0), as reported by the “sport.ru” portal, among others.
It’s not the first time. During the duel between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig on April 2, the television station stopped the transmission before the end of the first half because of pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian messages in the stadium. In both cases, the justification was that sport and politics should be separated, as Russian and Ukrainian media reported.
DFL: Income for humanitarian aid
Unlike the French Ligue 1 and the English Premier League, the Bundesliga is still broadcast in Russia. The German Football League decided at the beginning of March to continue its contract with the Russian media company Match TV for the time being and to donate the proceeds to humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
An extraordinary termination of the contract was waived so that the anti-war calls and appeals for peace from the German stadiums could continue to reach the Russian population, it said.
Despite the termination of the transmission of the Dortmund game, the DFL initially continued the contract. “The DFL is currently continuing to rely on the possibility of reaching people in Russia with messages of peace from the stadiums,” said the DFL at the beginning of April in response to a dpa request. At the same time, one observes “of course exactly whether and to what extent this possibility is still available”.
