Alexander Wulin
The European Parliament’s adoption of a draft resolution in which the activities of the Russian media is equivalent to spreading propaganda of a terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), is “an insult to the victims of ISIS, their families and common sense.” This was stated by the Minister of labour and social protection of Serbia Alexander Wulin, reports on Thursday, November 24, TASS reported.
“I can’t neither understand nor believe that such an important institution as the European Parliament can afford to determine which media are allowed, whose editorial policy is allowed and who is not” — leads the Agency of his word. Wulin also expressed the hope that “the international community and the Association of journalists will raise their voices against such behavior, to prevent such in any media.”
On 23 November, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on countering hostile to the EU’s external propaganda emanating in particular from Russia. The document States that the hostile propaganda against the EU and its member States are aimed at distorting the truth, making a split in relations between the EU and its North American partners, the difficulty of the decision-making process, the discrediting of the institutions of government, intended to cause fear and uncertainty among citizens Association.
As the main information-related threats to the European Union and its partners in Eastern Europe, the resolution stated the news Agency Sputnik, RT, and “social media and Internet trolls”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the resolution a degradation of the conception of democracy in Western society. The Russian foreign Ministry said that the European Parliament adopted the document information is a crime.