Tavria TV is a Russian television and radio company in

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

that is one of the three largest Russian media outlets broadcasting in the

Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian law, they are defined as the "temporarily occu ...

History

Tavria TV was founded in 2022 after the temporary

Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast The ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast () by Russian forces began on 24February 2022, when Russian forces Russian invasion of Ukraine, invaded Ukraine from Crimea. It was administrated under a Russian-controlled military-ci ...

by the

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. The general director and creator of the channel was

Yevgeny Prigozhin Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a ...

's associate and propagandist Alexander Malkevich. In August 2022, it was reported that

Ismail Abdullaiev Ismail Adaliatovych Abdullaiev (born 23 May 1966), also known under the pseudonym Vladimir Abdullaev (), is a Russian citizen from Donetsk Oblast, currently operating as the director of the pro-Russian broadcasting company Tavria TV, and formerly ...

, who previously headed the

Oplot TV Oplot TV (Russian: Оплот ТВ) is a television channel created in 2014 in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the creation of the Donetsk People's Republic, currently one of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. The channel speci ...

channel in the DPR, became the head of the channel. In October 2022, the channel was evacuated from Kherson to

Henichesk Henichesk (, ; , ) is a port city along the Sea of Azov in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Henichesk Raion. Since 9 November 2022, it has served as the temporary administrative centre of the Russian o ...

due to the retreat of Russian forces from the right bank of the Dnieper. On October 20, during the evacuation, many TV channel employees were injured when they came under fire. Of the 4 people killed during the shelling, at least two people were Tavria TV employees.

References

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External links

Official website
Television channels and stations established in 2022 Russian-language television stations Russian propaganda organizations Kherson Oblast