The head of the HRC considers counterproductive struggle Kiev with Russian media
The head of Council under the President of the Russian Federation for human rights, Mikhail Fedotov believes the expulsion of journalists of the First channel And NTV from Ukraine counterproductive, as the Word has to do something against the word, and not power.
before the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to stop for a while accreditation 100 Russian media in the organs of state power of Ukraine. On Wednesday in Kyiv SBU employees without explanation were caught correspondents of the First channel Elena Makarova And Sergey Korenev And NTV Andrey Grigoriev. After "conversations" correspondents were deported to the Russian Federation with the further prohibition of entry to Ukraine for five years.
"This is a continuation of the line of battle with the Russian media. I think this fight is counterproductive. The word has to do something against the word, and not the servants of police operations, " said Fedotov Last news .
"I continuously stress to quarrel with the media - in the end what to cut wool - pig little wool, and lots of squealing. And Very important: to claim to be democratic, can only power that is open to the media, " added the Head of the HRC.