Nikolay Zhuravlev
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MINSK, 9 July. /TASS/. The Russian Federation considers it necessary to revise the mandate of the OSCE representative on freedom of the media given the current situation in the region. This was stated on Sunday a member of the Russian delegation in the OSCE parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), member of the Federation Council Nikolay Zhuravlev.
“Since come to the fore questions on the provision of full media freedom, we believe that the mandate of the OSCE representative needs to be revised and needs to be aligned with today’s realities”, – said Russian Senator.
Zhuravlev also urged his colleagues at the OSCE PA “a responsible approach to the selection of a new OSCE representative on freedom of the media”.