Current Time TV

The channel – via RFE/RL – is funded through grants from the US Congress through the US Agency for Global Media.{{cite web | title=Current Time: About Us Current Time TV English | website=Current Time English | date=2018-10-15 | url=https://en.currenttime.tv/who-we-are | access-date=2020-03-28}} The media sees its task in "promoting democratic values and institutions". RFE/RL launched Current Time, in October 2014.{{cite web | title=Current Time Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | website=RFE/RL | url=https://pressroom.rferl.org/current-time | ref={{sfnref | RFE/RL}} | access-date=2020-03-28}} The official round-the-clock broadcasting began on February 7, 2017.{{cite web | title=Current Time TV Channel Новости, видео и репортажи из России, Украины, стран Азии – Настоящее Время | website=Настоящее Время | url=https://www.currenttime.tv/p/6018.html | language=ky | ref={{sfnref | Настоящее Время}} | access-date=2020-03-28}}{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/author/current-time-tv |title=Current Time TV |website=Voice of America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328090933/https://www.voanews.com/author/current-time-tv |archive-date=2020-03-28}}

Current Time was instituted as an alternative to Kremlin-controlled media and Russian propaganda.{{cite news|date=2017-06-15|title=America's answer to Russian propaganda TV|url=https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/06/15/americas-answer-to-russian-propaganda-tv|access-date=2020-03-28|newspaper=The Economist}}{{cite web |date=2017-02-09 |title=U.S. launches TV network as alternative to Russian propaganda |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-current-time-tv-network-rfe-russia-russian-propaganda-misinformation-rt/ |access-date=2020-03-28 |website=CBS News |agency=Associated Press}} Despite the fact that Current Time was intended to counterbalance Russian official news coverage, Kenan Aliyev,{{cite web | title=Kenan Aliyev | website=DOKweb | url=https://dokweb.net/database/persons/biography/8b932bcd-7686-49a4-a4e9-404a20585472/kenan-aliyev | access-date=2020-03-28}} executive editor of Current Time, told Reuters that C.T. was not counterpropaganda at all.{{cite web | last=Lopatka | first=Jan | title=Radio Free Europe, Voice of America launch new Russian-language TV channel | website=Reuters | date=2017-02-08 | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-rfe-idUSKBN15N13Y | access-date=2020-03-28}}

In December 2017 Russia's Ministry of Justice added the outlet to the list of "foreign agents". It, alongside 8 other American public broadcasters, was the first mass media outlet to be included to the list of "foreign agents".{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/05/568502826/russia-slaps-restrictions-on-voice-of-america-and-radio-free-europe|title=Russia Slaps Restrictions On 'Voice Of America' And 'Radio Free Europe' : The Two-Way|website=NPR|access-date=2023-08-16}}

Current Time is available on cable, satellite and digital platforms in Russia, the Baltics, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Caucasus and central Asia. It had over 1,500,000 followers on Facebook and 1,300,000 subscribers on YouTube in August 2020.{{cite web | title=Current Time celebrates two years of impact and growth | website=USAGM | date=2019-02-12 | url=https://www.usagm.gov/2019/02/12/current-time-celebrates-two-years-of-impact-and-growth/ | ref={{sfnref | USAGM | 2019}} | access-date=2020-03-28}}

On 27 February 2022, Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the channel for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/824983|title=Роскомнадзор уведомил "Настоящее время" о блокировке его сайта|website=Interfax|date=27 February 2022}} On January 5, 2024, a Belarusian court declared the Internet pages of “Current Time” extremist.{{cite web|title=В Беларуси объявили "экстремистскими" сайт и соцсети Настоящего Времени|url=https://www.golosameriki.com/a/belarus-called-extrimist-site-and-social-network-nastyaschee-vremya/7436377.html|website=Voice of America|date=2024-01-12|language=ru}}

In April 2025, following a decision of the U.S. Agency for Global Media distribution via Astra and Eutelsat satellite networks ceased.{{cite web|title=USAGM Terminates Some Satellite Broadcasts By Radio Free Europe's Russian-Language Current Time|date=2025-04-04|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/usagm-satellite-broadcasts-radio-free-europe-russian-language-current-time/33373678.html|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}}

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