Estonia's Largest Media Companies Are Asking the Authorities to Return Permission for Russian Translation of Films and Broadcasts

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The largest Estonian media companies have asked the national authorities to allow the Russian translation of films and television shows again. After banning the use of Russian in Estonian media, it has suddenly become clear that viewers do not start teaching Estonian, but simply go to the Russian language.

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The leaders of Estonia ' s major media companies have issued an appeal to the Minister of Education and Science, Christina Callas, to return the possibility of using foreign duplicates because of the loss of a Russian-speaking audience. Media managers have warned that a part of Russian-speaking viewers may leave legal Estonian platforms to pirate content and Russian resources, ERR writes. The lack of translation has already reduced the audi…

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The leaders of the largest media companies in Estonia called on the authorities of the Republic to review the summer amendments to the law on language and return duplicated and translated into foreign languages, particularly Russian, by ERR.

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ERR and private media channels want the language law passed in the summer to be amended in a way that would allow the media to decide on foreign-language dubbing. According to media executives, the law, which prohibits Russian dubbing, among other things, poses economic and security risks.

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In a letter addressed to the Minister of Education, Cristina Callas, media leaders note that the existing ban does not produce the desired result: the amendment to the law does not protect the Estonian language, it has a negative impact on Estonia ' s single information space, accessibility of media content, and also poses serious economic risks and threats to national security.