Lavrov: words Mijatovic cast doubt on the objectivity of the OSCE
There are serious doubts as to the impartiality of the OSCE after the statements of the messenger organization on freedom of the media, which announced measures to ban the Russian media in Ukraine only " excessive ", said the first day of the week the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..
"Organized total attack on freedom of speech - even to attempts to ban the profession of a journalist in Ukraine. When the OSCE representative on freedom of the media refers to measures to ban the Russian media in Ukraine only " excessive ", There are serious doubts as to the impartiality of the institution. And all this against the background of the campaign in Western countries in the OSCE in favor of protection of the rights of correspondents as a special category of people, " said Lavrov, speaking in the framework of the Council for human rights (HRC) of the United Nations.
the OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic first called "excessive" limits imposed by Ukraine at the workplace of the Russian correspondents in the country. Message Mijatovic was made due to the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to deny accreditation to about 100 Russian media, including the Agency " Russia today ".
"Deep concern regarding the situation in Ukraine, where eventually organized a year earlier unconstitutional coup quickly intensified ultra-radical forces, And openly acting under Nazi slogans And calling for ethnic cleansing," said the Russian Minister.
He said that " numerous transgressions committed against civilians in the Maidan, in Odessa, Mariupol And other cities of South-Eastern Ukraine, remain unsolved ".