Article 14. Distribution of a Mass Medium

1. Distribution of a mass medium shall be accomplished at owner’s decision by the owner or by editorial office, publisher, organizations or citizens on contract or other legal basis.

2. Retail sale of periodical print editions publishing adult materials shall be admissible on the specially provided premises, location and sales guidelines of which shall be set by local executive bodies.

Broadcasting radio and TV programs and demonstration of cinema and video products of pornographic and special sexual and erotic character as well as propaganda of cruelty and violence cult shall be prohibited.

3. Broadcasting television and radio programs and commercials promoting tobacco and alcohol containing products shall be admissible at 11:00 PM through 6:00 AM of local time.

Advertisement of alcohol and tobacco products in mass media shall be accompanied with easily distinguishable text about harm of their abuse.

3-1. Retransmission of television and radio programs of foreign mass media shall not exceed from January 1 2002 fifty per cent, from January 1 2003 - 20 per cent from the total broadcasting volume of telecasts on television and radio broadcasting channels. 

The given requirement does not apply to broadcasting of cable and on-air-cable television.

4. Hindering mass medium distribution accomplished on legal basis by natural persons or legal entities as well as by government officials, illegal confiscation and extermination of circulation or its part shall not be admissible other than on the basis of court’s decision in legal force.