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Электронное приложение к журналу «
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(International Conference)
Alexey Fedotov
, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic:
AS THE
AMBASSADOR of the Russian Federation, I'm very
pleased that Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Repub-
lic, has been chosen as the venue for the Fifth Interna-
tional Conference. I would like to thank Mr. Oganesyan,
editor-in-chief of the leading Russian political journal,
for making this choice possible.
This conference is an excellent opportunity to meet re-
markable people - journalists, political scientists, scholars, lecturers, and diplomats. And we are es-
pecially grateful to Ms. Lenka Eremiasova, editor-in-chief of Extra Plus, a journal that is well known
in Slovakia for its objectivity and that is published in increasing numbers of copies due to its high-
standard journalism. I think that this conference should become an informal and open forum for
discussions on the role of media in current relations between Russia and the European Union.
Ján Čarnogurský
,
Chairman of the Slovak-Russian Associ-
ation, Bratislava:
I AM A VICTIM of media pressure on
Russia. Ninety-five percent of the information of vari-
ous kinds about what happens in the world that a citizen
of the Slovak Republic receives in one day comes from
media in which firms that are based abroad hold stakes
or from state media - radio and television - that receive
information from foreign agencies under agreements.
This explains why there is no positive information about
Russia in official media.
Today, information from Russia has become a problem for the West, and all available modern means
of propaganda are employed in fighting it. In the Czech Republic, for example, a special group has
been set up for the purpose.
Werner Fasslabend
,
Honorary president of the Political
Academy of the Austrian People's Party, president of the Aus-
trian Institute for European and Security Policy, and president of
the Austrian-Slovak Society, Austria:
We need a very inten-
sive dialogue and very intensive discussions. I am per-
sonally always a straightforward speaker because I
assume that friends should state their thoughts frankly
and should try to understand the other side. That is ab-
solutely necessary.
Russia and Europe: Current Issues in Modern International Journal-
ism