Public television "Russian wave"
Date of creation: 1996.
The status: a public organization, a structural sectioning of "Russian cultural center" in Lithuania.
The purpose: providing information for a Russian audience in Visaginas.
Tasks:
- Keeping and developing Russian national culture, spirituality, language, historical memory, customs and traditions,
- Active assistance to integrating the Russians into socio-political, economic and cultural life of Lithuania.
"Russian wave" has its own telestudio, which activity is registered in the Committee on the control of press in Lithuania.
The basic kinds of activity:
- Re-broadcasting programs of Russian telecompanies (on the basis of the agreements between the organization and the owners of the telecompanies) on rented cable networks of the town,
- Creating own television programs.
"Russian wave" is the founder of the newspaper "In every house", which is distributed in Visaginas in circulation of 10500 free-of-charge copies .
"Russian wave" successfully cooperates with Visaginas government, the Department of national minorities, the Commission of the state language in the Government of Lithuania.
In 1998-1999 it carried out the project with the support from PHARE program , in 2001 - with the support from the fund Ecology.
Contact: the director Liudmila Martynova
Tel.: 8 685 61241
E-mail: volna@sugardas.lt