Looks like the Russians don't want to broadcast this, as it 'provokes controversial public reaction'. (But it's available online).
IN RUSSIA 12:26, ​​march 14, 2019
"First Channel" refused to show the movie "Leaving Neverland" about Michael Jackson
Moscow. March 14th. INTERFAX.RU - "Channel One" will not show the documentary "Leaving Neverland" about Michael Jackson, writes on Thursday the newspaper "Vedomosti" referring to a source in the television station.
Later, on Channel One, they commented on the situation around the film. "Leaving Neverland" will not be shown on television, but the sensational documentary can be viewed on the Channel One website. It is already available for viewing, "- said in a statement channel, received in" Interfax "on Thursday.
On Channel One, it was noted that the film had earlier provoked "controversial public reaction, speculation and aggression on the part of both supporters and opponents of the film."
“In this situation, Channel One has decided to postpone the Russian premiere of Leaving Neverland to its Internet resources,” the report explains.
Earlier it was reported that Channel One had planned to show a film produced by HBO on the night of March 15-16.
The characters of the film were James Seyfchak and Wade Robson, who visited the Jackson ranch of Neverland and, according to their confessions, were sexually abused there.
The premiere of the film took place at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, triggering a mixed reaction. Radio stations in different Western countries decided to remove Jackson's songs from the air. The singer's family before the premiere filed a lawsuit against HBO for $ 100 million for spreading defamation.
In 2003, a trial was held against the singer of molesting minors. The prosecution alleged that most of the singer’s alleged atrocities had occurred on the Neverland ranch. In 2005, Jackson was acquitted by the jury, after which he resigned. After the trial, the singer went to Bahrain, preferring to live outside the United States.
In March 2009, Michael announced that he was going to give the latest series of concerts in London called "This Is It Tour". The concert tour did not take place due to the death of the singer on June 25, 2009 as a result of an overdose of drugs.
https://www.interfax.ru/russia/654190