Pivovarov's suspension comes after the sacking earlier this year of journalist Leonid Parfyonov for publicly objecting to his NTV managers' role in editorial decisions.
Pivovarov anchored the evening news show "Strana i Mir" created by Parfyonov.
NTV was rigorously independent in the 1990s, but its coverage became more muted after it was taken over by state-controlled gas firm Gazprom in 2001.
Pivovarov was suspended for saying yesterday that Parfyonov's sacking was an NTV manager's "personal contribution to the history of Russian television."
(Reuters)
Pivovarov anchored the evening news show "Strana i Mir" created by Parfyonov.
NTV was rigorously independent in the 1990s, but its coverage became more muted after it was taken over by state-controlled gas firm Gazprom in 2001.
Pivovarov was suspended for saying yesterday that Parfyonov's sacking was an NTV manager's "personal contribution to the history of Russian television."
(Reuters)