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Andrei Kelin,
Permanent Representative of the Russ-
ian Federation to the OSCE:
Obviously, security is-
sues, the crisis in Ukraine and its consequences
are in the focus of attention today. In this context
I would like to note that during my 35-year career
this is perhaps the first time that we diplomats are
so closely working with journalists, and this is
very important.
I admire the courage of the people who work in
real time and give diplomats an opportunity to follow and receive information, think and
make decisions. I believe that there are two problems here. The first is the reliability of in-
formation. The second problem is of course the journalist's ability to approach a source
of information and his safety. Naturally, however, there is a gap between the need to ap-
proach a source of information as close as possible and a journalist's safety and ability to
work. Journalism is a very dangerous profession, and we all know that.
Tatyana Naumova,
Deputy Head of the Federal
Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russ-
ian Federation:
Allow me to read out the welcome
address from M.V. Seslavinsky, Head of the Fed-
eral Agency on Press and Mass Communications
of the Russian Federation:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! We are happy
to welcome the organizers and participants in the
Third International Conference "Russia and Eu-
rope: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism." We are closely watching
the proceedings of this conference, as it addresses the most important trends in the de-
velopment of international journalism, demonstrates the changing approaches toward the
coverage of international events and is a principal factor of mutual influence in interna-
tional politics, diplomacy, and the global economic situation on the formation of the media
field.
If the focus of the first two conferences was mainly on the search for optimal methods
of work and interaction in the international media to provide objective and optimal cov-
erage of ongoing events and developments the present conference should identify and
work out approaches to the coverage of the central themes on which entire international
journalism is based.
An in-depth analysis of the global media field over the course of several years has singled
out key media priorities, but the approach toward their coverage drastically differs in various
countries.