MOSCOW, July 22. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed on Tuesday a law imposing a ban on placement of commercials on paid television channels from January 1, 2015.

The law forbids advertisements during television programs broadcast on channels provided exclusively on a pay basis or with application of decoding technical devices. A list of such channels does not include national generally available channels, as well as channels broadcasted in Russia with a use of a limited radio frequency capacity.

The law was adopted in order to equate economic conditions for free and pay television channels, as well as to respect consumer rights.