Television programs of Vladimir Pozner are well-deserved. In his conversations with popular people, the journalist sometimes raises very sensitive topics and raises issues that concern all residents of Russia. This, obviously, was one of the reasons that made the leadership of Channel One deliver Pozner a kind of ultimatum. The presenter had to make a difficult choice.
The main project in which the well-known Russian journalist takes part is the Pozner program, which has been running on Channel One for about four years in a row. However, Vladimir Pozner decided to expand his participation in television broadcasts, and since April 2012, a new program "Parfyonov and Pozner" appeared on the Dozhd TV channel. Two presenters and their guests discuss in the studio the main events of the past week, express their opinions, and discuss. The format of the program is no different from most other similar television projects.
Famous politicians and public figures were among the guests of the Parfyonov and Pozner program, among whom were those whom, for some reason, we would hardly have seen on Channel One. This is blogger Alexei Navalny, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Vladimir Muratov, former candidate for mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein.
On the air of the program on the Rain channel, Pozner admitted that he was not allowed to invite Alexei Navalny to the Pozner program on Channel One. Obviously, the participation of Pozner in the program, to which the oppositionist Navalny was invited, was the reason for the demand made by the leadership of Channel One. The essence of the ultimatum is that Vladimir Pozner was invited to terminate cooperation with the Dozhd TV channel or to part with his own Pozner project. This information was published on Pozner’s blog on Twitter.
Vladimir Pozner said he made his choice and remains with his program on Channel One. The Interfax news agency notes that this practice is quite common throughout the world, and few journalists manage to work on two channels simultaneously. Obviously, with the departure of Pozner from the Rain channel, the Parfyonov and Pozner program will cease to exist. The management of "Rain" expressed its regret over the forced departure from this channel, Vladimir Pozner.
