Lunina, D.M. Some issues related to international legal regulation of trans-border media taking the relations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine as an example.

Abstract: Decision of the Ukrainian government to prohibit a number of foreign mass – media (Russian, Chinese, Georgian, Armenian, Israeli, etc.) from November 1, 2008 caused much political uproar both in the Ukraine and abroad. This article by D.M. Lunin is devoted to this topical problem.