State news agency 'Re-inform' created in Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved budgetary financing of the state-owned enterprise Information Agency Re-inform.
According to government decree No. 293 of March 16, the government established that budget funds are directed to the news agency in order to: meet the cultural and information needs of the population living in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as the territories adjacent to them; creating conditions for the free development of the Crimean Tatar language, the languages of other indigenous peoples and national minorities living in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea; dissemination in Ukraine and abroad of socially important information on issues within the competence of the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, which is the founder of the information agency.
In particular, funds will be directed to: collection, processing, translation and dissemination of information about the activities of public authorities; providing the media and subscribers with information on the most important political, social and other issues; production, and distribution of socio-political printed media; creation and maintenance of correspondent points; creation and distribution of an information product in the leading world and domestic mass media, on the Internet, print media, on television and radio, external advertising media, on printing and publishing products; production and post-production, distribution and demonstration of advertising, including social advertising; development of models of information products, in particular of a graphic nature, as well as event scenarios, multimedia projects, audio and video information products.
According to the register, the director of "Re-inform" is Oleksandr Vasylchenko.