The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov poses during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov speaks during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov gestures during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

Svetlana Sorokina, NTV station moderator, speaks during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev poses during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

Union of Right Forces leader Boris Nemtsov poses during the special programme 'Itogi' on the change of NTV governing body.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev speaks during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev speaks during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev poses during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev speaks during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov poses during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev kisses the hand of figure skating trainer Tatyana Tarasova during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

NTV former Director General Eugeny Kiselev poses during the special programme 'Itogi' on the dismissal of NTV top managers.

The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov speaks during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

The author of special NTV projects Leonid Parfenov (left) speaks during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

Marianna Maximovskaya (second left), moderator of the NTV programme 'The Person of the Day', and NTV moderator Dmitry Dibrov (second right) speak during the news conference of NTV employees on the dismissal of NTV top managers in front of Ostankino TV center.

TV host Alim Yusupov takes part in the extraordinary issue of the Itogy news programme broadcast to cover the changes in the NTV company top-management. The new development in the NTV-Gazprom conflict was sparked by the verdict passed by a local court in Saratov. The verdict declared illegal the shareholders meeting which had approved the controversial changes in the NTV management.

TV hosts Dmitry Dibrov (left) and Grigory Krichevsky (right) are interveiwed at the news conference summoned to discuss change of the NTV company top-management.