The rights of at least three Western television news channels (the [[BBC World|BBC]], [[CNN]] and [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]) were suspended in Moscow by major provider Akado Telecom on 12 July 2012 [REF].
[[Jay Carney]], President [[Barack Obama]]'s second [[White House Press Secretary]], said that anti-government protests in Russia are a "positive sign" for democracy in the country [REF].