Picture.TV, relaying a number of Russian TV channels in Europe, began a legal battle in which Russian-speaking people living in Europe, will lose the right to watch Russian TV channels. As found Information Agency, to direct the development of events in this negative scenario the lawyers trying the Picture.TV. In the countersuit filed them to the right holders and their legal partners, emphasis is placed on the sanctions that supposedly apply to the product of channels and content producers, if their owners are on the sanctions lists. Since the European legislation does not require it, thus protecting their own interests, Painting.TV can be put under sanctions impact the rights of millions of Russian-speaking people.