Russian mass media and its public at large have poor idea about what is happening in Armenia
17.11.2015,
18:21
Russian mass media and its public at large have poor idea about what is happening in Armenia, according to Leonid Mlechin, the head of a division at Russian Public TV.
YEREVAN, November 17. /ARKA/. Russian mass media and its public at large have poor idea about what is happening in Armenia, according to Leonid Mlechin, the head of a division at Russian Public TV.
'Russia is an extremely introverted country, where no international program is able to take root. Our people are not interested in what is not connected with Russia and our media should take this into account. This is a problem, but I do not know how it should be addressed," Mlechin said at a press conference today summing up a series of round tables and workshops on Eurasian integration and information space held in Yerevan on November 16-17 at the initiative of the International Academy of Television and Radio of Russia.
He added that Armenia's accession to the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union did not change the Russian's attitude. At the same time, he urged the Armenian journalists covering the processes in the Eurasian Economic Union, to show "some leniency towards the processes that can not happen very quickly."
"When, in 1954, France and Germany agreed on the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community, no one had any idea that it would develop into the European Union with a single currency, without borders, etc. Not only you, but we too in Russia have little idea about how this mechanism (the Eurasian Economic Union) functions. Of course, we will learn lessons from all the relating developments," he said.
"In the summer, when Armenians protested against a rise in electricity price, I came to Yerevan, and realized that we in Russia had no idea what was going on in this country. We realized that we needed, among other things, to visit Armenia and speak with our peers here, with its people and ask them what we can do for them. This time we conducted master classes at the Yerevan State University, the Slavonic University, talked with the leaders of the Armenian media," he added. -0-
'Russia is an extremely introverted country, where no international program is able to take root. Our people are not interested in what is not connected with Russia and our media should take this into account. This is a problem, but I do not know how it should be addressed," Mlechin said at a press conference today summing up a series of round tables and workshops on Eurasian integration and information space held in Yerevan on November 16-17 at the initiative of the International Academy of Television and Radio of Russia.
He added that Armenia's accession to the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union did not change the Russian's attitude. At the same time, he urged the Armenian journalists covering the processes in the Eurasian Economic Union, to show "some leniency towards the processes that can not happen very quickly."
"When, in 1954, France and Germany agreed on the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community, no one had any idea that it would develop into the European Union with a single currency, without borders, etc. Not only you, but we too in Russia have little idea about how this mechanism (the Eurasian Economic Union) functions. Of course, we will learn lessons from all the relating developments," he said.
"In the summer, when Armenians protested against a rise in electricity price, I came to Yerevan, and realized that we in Russia had no idea what was going on in this country. We realized that we needed, among other things, to visit Armenia and speak with our peers here, with its people and ask them what we can do for them. This time we conducted master classes at the Yerevan State University, the Slavonic University, talked with the leaders of the Armenian media," he added. -0-
