(4 Apr 2001)
1. Exterior Shot of NTV building
2. Various of journalists demonstrating outside building
3. Various of off-air NTV news programme, showing NTV's logo crossed with word "protest" in red
4. Night shot of TV tower pan to right of journalists gathered outside
5. Wide of journalists speaking
6. Mid man addressing people gathered outside
7. Long shot of window on TV station
8. People walking in the corridor
9. Close up of picture on the wall
10. Set up of interview
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yevgeny Kiselyov, TV presenter: "Russian courts especially here in Moscow are under tremendous pressure from the government. And there are chances that we can loose those cases, unfortunately, but still we are going to fight."
12. Close of camera and picture on the wall
13. Cutaway people on the corridor
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yevgeny Kiselyov, TV presenter: "Many people gathered here outside of Ostenkino TV centre to support NTV and they voluntarily came here in the middle of the night and this is very important. People do care about the future of the Russian independent media."
15. photographer taking picture people standing in the office
16. SOUNDBITE( English) Alexei Arbatov, Duma deputy: "It tells about the country, that we should not take the achievement of the democracy for granted.They are maybe valid as long as public opinion, members of parliament , all responsible citizens are fighting for them."
17. people walking in the corridor
18. journalists talking inside the station
STORYLINE:
Tired and defiant journalists at Russia's only independent nationwide television network held their posts through the early morning Wednesday after a takeover move by the state-run gas giant Gazprom.
The gas company's media subsidiary, Gazprom-Media, which holds 46 percent of the shares in NTV, ousted NTV's leadership in a shareholder's meeting Tuesday.
The company contends it is the controlling shareholder because another 19 percent of NTV's shares are frozen in a court dispute.
Journalists from NTV, Russia's only independent national television, believe that legal fight for NTV is fight for democracy as well.
NTV has been criticised by the Russian government for its coverage of war in Chechnya and a satirical puppet show which makes fun of President Putin and his ministers.
Their offices have been raided by masked police, in past months, an attempt to force its work force into submission, the pretext was a tax dodging accusation that drove NTV's owner Vladimir Gusinsky to flee the country.
President Putin is increasingly coming under the scrutiny of western powers for his undemocratic methods in dealings with free press.
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