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RUSSIAN JOURNALIST: ONE CANNOT SAY THAT RUSSIAN MASS MEDIA ARE BIASED IN COVERING NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
by Ashot Safaryan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, May 28, 00:53
One cannot say that Russian mass media are biased in covering the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, well-known Russian journalist Alan
Kasayev said during a roundtable discussion on the peculiarities of
interethnic relations in the post-Soviet area.
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The event was organized by the North-South Politological Center
and was attended by an ArmInfo correspondent. "We have too few
specialists on Armenia and Azerbaijan to be able to say that any of
them may be biased. I can say that some people are not professional
but I cannot blame anybody of being biased. On the other hand,
when covering Armenia or Azerbaijan, Russian journalists continue
thinking as representatives of a center that has been, has and will
have a serious influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh. So, it is natural
that they are not trusted. The problem is that if they avoiding the
influence of Armenia or Azerbaijan, they fall under the influence of
some imperial position. So, in this situation, they must try not to
harm and to be as neutral as possible," Kasayev said.
He noted that most of the Russian readers and TV viewers are not
interested in conflicts that do not affect Russia. "But since we have
big Armenian and Azerbaijani communities, we have certain audience
- plus political scientists, ethnographers, conflictologists,"
Kasayev said.
From: A. Papazian
by Ashot Safaryan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, May 28, 00:53
One cannot say that Russian mass media are biased in covering the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, well-known Russian journalist Alan
Kasayev said during a roundtable discussion on the peculiarities of
interethnic relations in the post-Soviet area.
'
The event was organized by the North-South Politological Center
and was attended by an ArmInfo correspondent. "We have too few
specialists on Armenia and Azerbaijan to be able to say that any of
them may be biased. I can say that some people are not professional
but I cannot blame anybody of being biased. On the other hand,
when covering Armenia or Azerbaijan, Russian journalists continue
thinking as representatives of a center that has been, has and will
have a serious influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh. So, it is natural
that they are not trusted. The problem is that if they avoiding the
influence of Armenia or Azerbaijan, they fall under the influence of
some imperial position. So, in this situation, they must try not to
harm and to be as neutral as possible," Kasayev said.
He noted that most of the Russian readers and TV viewers are not
interested in conflicts that do not affect Russia. "But since we have
big Armenian and Azerbaijani communities, we have certain audience
- plus political scientists, ethnographers, conflictologists,"
Kasayev said.
From: A. Papazian