– What do you think happened last week in Kiev, where the press conference, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Russian journalists were not allowed? And furthermore, banned their colleagues from other countries to tell what was discussed and where it all was this press conference.
– Brad what, the first time I hear about it. European Commissioner, as I understand, it’s not the CIA and not the Commissioner Commissioner Mi-6. That is, I want to say that any secret missions, such as – the organization of armed resistance, preparation of terrorist acts, and the like – Commissioner exercise can not in principle. Nothing secret in activities like the European Commissioner can not be.
So what considerations there can keep any kind were not journalists, and even more so to forbid talk about it, I just do not understand. Strictly speaking, all the work and only the European Commissioner is to talk to journalists. Strange story.
– Are you aware of such precedents with senior Russian officials?
– To Russian officials, while abroad, were not allowed to press conferences of foreign journalists – the first time I hear about it.
– In your opinion, freedom of speech in Russia and in the West understand the same or is there a difference?
– I think that in the West, by definition, much more freedom of speech. For example, they openly criticize their presidents, their premiers. Sometimes Putin praised the way, here called it recently, “the most powerful man in the world.” I can hardly imagine that our media will actively praising U.S. President, if it does not comply with the wishes of the Kremlin.
Well, that is what the media – our TV is controlled by the authorities. For example, the story of the closing of “Rain” eloquently shows.
As for our online media, they are absolutely free and abused their power as soul pleases. Radio is also available.
But most importantly, we have television is under control. In the West, as I understand it, under control of their owners TV and verifiably what is called the “dictatorship of political correctness” – it’s true. Those people who are against “political correctness” are considered outcasts, freaks. Nevertheless, they are and they have their own TV channels there. Foxnews, for example, to a certain extent.
But from the point of view freely scold their presidents, prime ministers, the government, its polity – in this sense, Western TV freely and doing it as he pleases.
See also:
Andrei Karaulov: Freedom of speech in Russia and in the West understand differently
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Western democracy – a trap for suckers
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