The pro-Russian ring on the Moldovan TV market. Ilan Sor takes control of “Primul în Moldova” and “Accent TV” televisions (replicamedia.md)
Politician and businessman criminal and fugitive Ilan Şor is expanding the media holding. Thus, he ended up controlling 2 television stations that were affiliated with the socialists and broadcast pro-Russian programs. “Primul în Moldova” actually rebroadcasts the grid of one of the most important Russian state and propaganda televisions, Pervîi Canal, and Accent TV has been noted throughout the year for its pro-Russian positions, the transmitted publication. replicamedia.md.
NewsMaker.md discovered that recently, the Telesistem TV company that owns the 2 stations changed its general director and came under the control of Ilan Şor. The information was confirmed for NewsMaker.md by several sources from the media market, and the former director of the companies, Stanislav Vîjga, confirmed his departure, without providing more details.
His place was taken by Arina Corșikova, a former director of the former modeling supplier “Mandarin” and who over the years had several lawsuits with Ilan Şor’s companies, and one company was even sued for the deceased Banks. Social, involved in the famous theft of the billion.
On the other hand, the mold-street.com portal learned that from September 2022, Arina Corșicova is also the director of Media Contact SRL, an advertising agency, previously led by the socialist Nichita Țurcan. Both companies – Telesistem TV and Media Contact – changed owners last year. For now, neither Ilan Şor nor Arina Corșicova has commented on the information, the publication also notes.
“Official data show that changes in the ownership of Telesistem TV, which owns the stations “Primul in Moldova” and “Accent TV”, were registered in the middle of summer 2021. It is about the company Media Invest Service (Медиа Инвест Сервис OOO, abbreviated – МИС) from the Russian Federation, previously owned by Igor Ceaika (51%) and Vadim Ciubara (49%)”, notes Mold-Stret.com.
Thus, following several transactions, both Igor Ceaika, the son of the former Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, known as a business partner of Igor Dodon, and Vadim Ciubară sold the shares of the companies Обединение Ресурсы (OOO “Obedinennye Resursy”, in Romanian Resurs – Reursele United) from Saint Petersburg.
This company has a share capital of 10,000 Russian rubles (about 3200 Moldovan lei), was founded in October 2020 by Samvel Grigorian, but currently the owners are Samvel Grigorian (50%) and Natalia Ermilova (50%).
Ciprian Ciucu refutes the withdrawal of political support for Nicușor Dan: “Obviously, I would have very much liked him to cultivate more carefully the relationship with PNL Bucharest and less with that small political formation separated from PNL/ Until one more time, we will not vote on the projects”
According to NewsMaker.md sources, the two TV stations have now come to be controlled by Șor’s people, after about 50 former employees were laid off in June due to lack of money. Now, however, the company is hiring again and looking to read people back. The new managers are part of the staff of TV6, or another television controlled by Ilan Şor.