Thuringia’s regional channel Salve.TV did not violate any laws, when it was regularly broadcasting Russian state channel RT Deutsch, Thueringer Allgemeine wrote.
After clarifying the circumstances of the case, the local media control body stated that there was no reason to apply any restrictive measures against Salve.TV.
"The diversity and freedom of the media is the highest good in Germany," TLM, a supervisory body for regional media, said.
The criticism arose in Thuringia after Salve.TV was broadcasting RT’s program "Missing Part," considered by some people as a tool of Russian propaganda.
"I cannot understand why it is necessary to transmit the propaganda channel in order to provide alternative views," the politician from the Green Party Henfling Madeleine said.
RT’s representatives, for their turn, repeatedly argued that the channel seeks to present a point of view different to the Western media public opinion.
“That is why we give floor to people with an alternative, non-traditional view of things," RT’s representatives argued.
Co-owner of Salve.TV Klaus-Dieter Boehm defended the broadcast transmission of RT Deutsch, saying that everyone should have the opportunity to form their own opinions.
