RussNeft owner Mikhail Gutseriyev has launched the Vostok FM radio station for music and culture of the Middle East, RIA Novosti reports.
Sergey Avdeyev, creative director of the radio station, and Artur Vafin, its general producer, said that the station will search for new performers and talented artists.
Vladimir Nazarenko, program director of the station, said that his country was dominated by low temperatures, so a radio station with sun energy and heat was essential.