 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - nhepfenyuro yeterevhizheni yeRussia munguva yaPutin yakashoropodzwa nekuda kwekusarura kwehurumende. Vatsoropodzi vacho vanopomera kuti nhau dzeChannel One nemapurogiramu eruzivo zvinowanzoshandiswa nokuda kwezvinangwa zvorudzidziso. Vatsoropodzi ava vanotaura kuti Channel One inobudisa nhau dzisingaenzaniswi dzinotarisa pazvinhu zvakanaka zvematongerwo enyika ehurumende yepamutemo, uku ichiregeredza zvikuru dzimwe nyaya dzinopesana dzakadai sehondo muChechnya kana zvinetso zvemagariro evanhu. Uyezve, vamwe vakataura kuti nhau dzinobudiswa panhepfenyuro yacho dzinowanzoita kuti vanhu vasaziva kuti nhau dzacho ndedzechokwadi here kana kuti ndedzechokwadi, kunyanya kana dzichitaura nezvemitemo yehurumende yeRussia kana kuti zvinangwa zvayo. Somuenzaniso, mukati mesarudzo dzomutungamiri weUkraine dza2004Vazhinji vanoongorora zvematongerwo enyika vanofunga kuti hurumende yeRussia yakatsigira zvakasimba kukwikwidza kwaVaViktor Yanukovych, vaimbova mutungamiri wehurumende yeUkraine, pane kwaVaViktor Yushchenko. Mune nhau ya13 Gumiguru 2004, mutori wenhau weChannel One Natalya Kondratyuk akazivisa kuti Prime Minister Yanukovich, semumiriri, ari kuwedzera kuongororwa kwake nekushanda pane zvehupfumi uye nekugadzirisa matambudziko azvino enharaunda; haashandise masirogani; haasi kutsoropodza muvengi wake; uye haasi kugadzira nyonganiso. Nzira yaYushchenko yokuronga mushandirapamwe yakasiyana zvikuru. 