Will the State Support Only Its Own Media?

On September 13, Interfax-Ukraine reports, the Ukrainian parliament passed, in the first reading, the bill On Making Amendments to the Law of Ukraine On Government Support of the Mass Communication Media and the Social Security of Journalists. This bill sets out in particular the definition of state-run and communal media. The draft law interprets these as ones founded by bodies of public administration or local government. Moreover, the document says the state will grant targeted support to only state-run media outlets.