Ukrainians are demonstratively boycotting the conference of the European Federation of Journalists in Moscow
Kyiv, November 22 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Ukrainian journalistic organizations are boycotting the conference of the European Federation of Journalists in Moscow.
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The leaders of the Independent Media Trade Union, Yuri Lukanov, and the National Union of Journalists, Sergei Tomilenko, called on the conference participants to condemn the “Russian propaganda machine, which discredits the journalistic profession.”
In their appeal, published on the website of the Independent Media Trade Union , they cited the results of the G20 summit. According to the heads of Ukrainian journalistic organizations, world leaders explicitly called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. In turn, representatives of the Ukrainian press called on their European colleagues to also discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“The EFJ’s statements do not include a clear understanding that Russian journalists in large numbers have become participants in the propaganda machine that supports the Kremlin’s aggressive policy,” Ukrainian journalists complained.
“If the international journalistic community continues to turn a blind eye to this fact, then this may affect not only the reputation of international journalistic organizations, but also the reputation of the profession as a whole,” they warn in Kyiv.
It should be noted that despite the fact that Ukrainian organizations had previously called on their European colleagues to ignore the EFJ conference in Moscow, delegations from 28 countries take part in its work.
Ukrainians are demonstratively boycotting the European Federation of Journalists conference in Moscow.