Claim 255

Gazprom used a shareholders meeting to take formal control of NTV.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Gazprom used a shareholders meeting to take formal control of NTV.
Field: action
Value: Gazprom takes formal control
About: incident 2001-russia-gazprom-takeover-ntv
Source: Gazprom completes NTV takeover
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2001-04-14

Quotation from the source

Russia's state-dominated gas monopoly Gazprom used a shareholders meeting today to take formal control of the independent Russian television network, NTV.