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Romanian Broadcast Watchdog Mulls Permit for Russian TV

Romania's National Audiovisual Council, the country's broadcasting watchdog, is set to decide at its next meeting whether to allow a Moldovan television channel that broadcasts Russian state TV programs to operate in Romania.

Local experts and journalists have warned that the station might give a powerful voice for Kremlin propaganda.

Russian drone footage shows Syrian city devastated by war (vid)

A footage has been released showing the destruction in the Syrian town of Homs which has been left devastated by years of war.

The video was filmed by Russia Works, a drone-filming company owned by the Russian state broadcaster, VGTRK.

Homs was the country’s third largest city with around 650,000 residents.