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24.5.2014
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24.5.2014
Iryna Stelmakh from our Ukraine Service files this story from Kyiv in which she looks at the domestic media's performance in covering the presidential campaign.
Citing a new report that monitored major print and broadcast media for the past three months, Stelmakh writes that "campaign coverage has been 'significantly more objective' than in previous Ukrainian elections, in part because the ongoing violence in the east and the clash over Ukraine between Russia and the West have forced election coverage out of the top news slots."
Alas, she goes on to say that the report noted that media outlets continue to reflect the political preferences of their owners...
For the entire article, click here.
Citing a new report that monitored major print and broadcast media for the past three months, Stelmakh writes that "campaign coverage has been 'significantly more objective' than in previous Ukrainian elections, in part because the ongoing violence in the east and the clash over Ukraine between Russia and the West have forced election coverage out of the top news slots."
Alas, she goes on to say that the report noted that media outlets continue to reflect the political preferences of their owners...
For the entire article, click here.
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24.5.2014
15:59
24.5.2014
An interesting case study of the Crimean operation as an example of modern Russian information warfare, published by the Warsaw-based Centre For Eastern Studies.
"All the federal television and radio channels, newspapers and a multitude of online resources have been employed in the recent disinformation campaign regarding the situation in Ukraine, which is being waged on an unprecedentedly large scale. The information front was supported by diplomats, politicians, political analysts, experts, and representatives of the academic and cultural elites. This front, though, was many years in the making...."
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24.5.2014
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24.5.2014
Voting boxes at a Kyiv polling station.
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24.5.2014
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made light of the impact of economic sanctions against Russia during his appearance on the "Vesti On Saturday" news program today.
In the course of the interview, the transcript of which was published in its entirety in Russian on the Russian government website today, Medvedev told host Sergei Brilev that the sanctions were an "echo of the Cold War" and that they will "bring no good" to either side.
Medvedev added that the impact of the sanctions had been "minimal" at best, if there had been any at all.
He offered a reminder that Russian tradeover with the European Union accounted for about $400 billion, and that European countries and companies had invested huge amounts into Russia. "These ties will suffer first and foremost," Medvedev said. "Who needs this? I think no one, it is obvious that such sanctions are harming business interests, primarily European businesses."
In the course of the interview, the transcript of which was published in its entirety in Russian on the Russian government website today, Medvedev told host Sergei Brilev that the sanctions were an "echo of the Cold War" and that they will "bring no good" to either side.
Medvedev added that the impact of the sanctions had been "minimal" at best, if there had been any at all.
He offered a reminder that Russian tradeover with the European Union accounted for about $400 billion, and that European countries and companies had invested huge amounts into Russia. "These ties will suffer first and foremost," Medvedev said. "Who needs this? I think no one, it is obvious that such sanctions are harming business interests, primarily European businesses."