IN RUSSIAN JOURNALIST’S WORDS, THERE IS LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT
ARMENIA IN RUSSIA
YEREVAN, MARCH 16, NOYAN TAPAN. In spite of strong contacts between
the two countries, there is lack of information about Armenia in
Russia. Alan Kasamov, Director of RIA-Novosti agency’s CIS and Baltic
countries’ department, stated this at the March 16 press conference.
In his words, Russian media do not set themselves the task to fill up
that gap. He advised Armenian media to inform more actively Russian
citizens about Armenia, especially as there are 1.5-2 mln Armenians
among them. A. Kasamov also said that information like any other
goods should be packed up well and provided to the buyer.
Answering NT correspondent’s question, he said that Russian printed
and electronic media unequivocally express negative attitude to
manifestations of xenophobia in Russia. At the same time, A. Kasamov
said that any Russian media can be blamed for giving opportunity of
expression for opinions of xenophobia, showing neutral attitude to
such cases or not very actively agitating tolerance to other nations.
In A. Kasamov’s words, dozens of NGOs uniting Armenians function in
Russia, which can apply to the court with any fact of xenophobia in
Russian media.