Although companies such as Modern Times Group (MTG) and RTL Group are already present in the Russian TV marketplace through stakes in CTC Media and Ren TV respectively, foreign involvement is the Russian media is not generally encouraged and some local sources view the blocking of the (reportedly $233 million - €181.6 million) Disney deal as a political rather than economic decision.
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