Authorized unions correspondents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine met in Vienna

Authorised journalists ' unions of the Russian Federation and Ukraine told on Wednesday in Vienna after its fifth meeting under the auspices of the envoy of the OSCE on freedom of the media of Dungi Mijatovic that will continue to draw attention to the facts of violence against journalists and their use for propaganda purposes.

"Angered by the participation of correspondents in the interrogation of prisoners and hostages, that discredits the profession, turns correspondents participants in the information war. Correspondents - not soldiers, and may not be used in the form of extras and agents of influence, " it is reported, for example, in the Declaration, published on the Internet the OSCE representative on the end of the meeting.

Mijatovic noticed, speaking at the meeting, that the number of cases of violence against reporters in connection with the crisis in Ukraine has decreased, that all the detained reporters in Ukraine released." But it can hardly be regarded with satisfaction. Much more needs to be done to ensure the safety of reporters and prevent any acts of violence against authorized by the media, " are her words in the press release of the OSCE.

in the final document of the meeting says nothing about the decision of the Ukrainian Parliament to revoke the accreditation of the state authorities, a number of Russian mass media. In the explanations on the Last news on the first day of the weekend Mijatovic said with concern monitors the question of accreditation and nourishes the hope that the Ukrainian authorities will not result in degradation of the quality of information for the Russian audience.

similarly on Wednesday in Kyiv SBU employees without explanation were caught correspondents "First channel" Elena Makarova and Sergey Korenev and NTV Andrey Grigoriev.

Sixth meeting of the commissioners of the Union of correspondents of the Russian Federation, the National Union of journalists of Ukraine and the National mediaprofiles Ukraine be held in Vienna in mid-April.


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