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Russia's Permanent Representative to UNESCO Rinat Alyautdinov claimed that Kiev is 'deliberately targeting' Russian media workers reporting on the conflict, during an interview with local media on Sunday.
"I am sure that the criminal Kiev regime is deliberately targeting our journalists. <...> Kiev does not fulfill its international obligations. In particular, we see a failure to fulfill the guarantee of safe working for media representatives. We can refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or a dozen other documents I could cite here," the representative stated.
Alyautdinov also criticised the response by UNESCO's Director General Audrey Azoulay to the growing number of Russian journalists killed while reporting on the conflict.
"Since the beginning of our special military operation, according to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, at least 30 Russian journalists have been killed by Ukrainian security forces. However, Mrs Azoulay condemned only the murder of [RIA Novosti correspondent] Rostislav Zhuravlev in July 2023. Well, I can say she in fact stopped short of condemnation. Instead of using the word 'condemn', which is entirely unambiguous, she used the word 'deplore'. <...> For us such a description is absolutely unacceptable. We see double standards here," the diplomat stated.
On this lack of consistency by UNESCO's executive board in implementing the 1997 resolution to condemn the killing of journalists, Alyautdinov noted that ‘this instruction is not being fulfilled by the member parties’.
“The murders of Russian journalists Daria Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin, known to us under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky, Boris Maksudov and others by Ukrainian security forces have not been condemned. This is despite the fact that the secretariat has received all the information about their murders," Alyautdinov said.
He said that 'by failing to condemn these murders, Azoulay has demonstrated political bias, which is incompatible with her status as an international official'.
On July 23, 2023, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed condolences over the death of RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev in the Zaporozhye region and called for compliance with international humanitarian law.
In addition to Oleg Klokov, killed by shelling in Kherson region, and correspondent Boris Maksudov, killed in a drone attack in Zaporozhye region, other members of the Russian media are alleged to have been killed beyond the combat zone with the involvement of Ukrainian special services. In August, Daria Dugina was killed when the car she was travelling in exploded in the Moscow suburbs, while military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died in a bombing at a St Petersburg cafe last April in which 24 people were injured.
Kiev officials denied involvement in the deaths of Dugina and Tatarsky, instead blaming 'domestic terrorism'. Ukraine had not responded to Alyautdinov’s comments at the time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Kiev 'deliberately targeting our journalists' - Russian Representative to UNESCO on deaths of media workers
Russia's Permanent Representative to UNESCO Rinat Alyautdinov claimed that Kiev is 'deliberately targeting' Russian media workers reporting on the conflict, during an interview with local media on Sunday.
"I am sure that the criminal Kiev regime is deliberately targeting our journalists. <...> Kiev does not fulfill its international obligations. In particular, we see a failure to fulfill the guarantee of safe working for media representatives. We can refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or a dozen other documents I could cite here," the representative stated.
Alyautdinov also criticised the response by UNESCO's Director General Audrey Azoulay to the growing number of Russian journalists killed while reporting on the conflict.
"Since the beginning of our special military operation, according to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, at least 30 Russian journalists have been killed by Ukrainian security forces. However, Mrs Azoulay condemned only the murder of [RIA Novosti correspondent] Rostislav Zhuravlev in July 2023. Well, I can say she in fact stopped short of condemnation. Instead of using the word 'condemn', which is entirely unambiguous, she used the word 'deplore'. <...> For us such a description is absolutely unacceptable. We see double standards here," the diplomat stated.
On this lack of consistency by UNESCO's executive board in implementing the 1997 resolution to condemn the killing of journalists, Alyautdinov noted that ‘this instruction is not being fulfilled by the member parties’.
“The murders of Russian journalists Daria Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin, known to us under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky, Boris Maksudov and others by Ukrainian security forces have not been condemned. This is despite the fact that the secretariat has received all the information about their murders," Alyautdinov said.
He said that 'by failing to condemn these murders, Azoulay has demonstrated political bias, which is incompatible with her status as an international official'.
On July 23, 2023, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed condolences over the death of RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev in the Zaporozhye region and called for compliance with international humanitarian law.
In addition to Oleg Klokov, killed by shelling in Kherson region, and correspondent Boris Maksudov, killed in a drone attack in Zaporozhye region, other members of the Russian media are alleged to have been killed beyond the combat zone with the involvement of Ukrainian special services. In August, Daria Dugina was killed when the car she was travelling in exploded in the Moscow suburbs, while military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died in a bombing at a St Petersburg cafe last April in which 24 people were injured.
Kiev officials denied involvement in the deaths of Dugina and Tatarsky, instead blaming 'domestic terrorism'. Ukraine had not responded to Alyautdinov’s comments at the time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
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Russia's Permanent Representative to UNESCO Rinat Alyautdinov claimed that Kiev is 'deliberately targeting' Russian media workers reporting on the conflict, during an interview with local media on Sunday.
"I am sure that the criminal Kiev regime is deliberately targeting our journalists. <...> Kiev does not fulfill its international obligations. In particular, we see a failure to fulfill the guarantee of safe working for media representatives. We can refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or a dozen other documents I could cite here," the representative stated.
Alyautdinov also criticised the response by UNESCO's Director General Audrey Azoulay to the growing number of Russian journalists killed while reporting on the conflict.
"Since the beginning of our special military operation, according to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, at least 30 Russian journalists have been killed by Ukrainian security forces. However, Mrs Azoulay condemned only the murder of [RIA Novosti correspondent] Rostislav Zhuravlev in July 2023. Well, I can say she in fact stopped short of condemnation. Instead of using the word 'condemn', which is entirely unambiguous, she used the word 'deplore'. <...> For us such a description is absolutely unacceptable. We see double standards here," the diplomat stated.
On this lack of consistency by UNESCO's executive board in implementing the 1997 resolution to condemn the killing of journalists, Alyautdinov noted that ‘this instruction is not being fulfilled by the member parties’.
“The murders of Russian journalists Daria Dugina, Oleg Klokov, Maxim Fomin, known to us under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky, Boris Maksudov and others by Ukrainian security forces have not been condemned. This is despite the fact that the secretariat has received all the information about their murders," Alyautdinov said.
He said that 'by failing to condemn these murders, Azoulay has demonstrated political bias, which is incompatible with her status as an international official'.
On July 23, 2023, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed condolences over the death of RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev in the Zaporozhye region and called for compliance with international humanitarian law.
In addition to Oleg Klokov, killed by shelling in Kherson region, and correspondent Boris Maksudov, killed in a drone attack in Zaporozhye region, other members of the Russian media are alleged to have been killed beyond the combat zone with the involvement of Ukrainian special services. In August, Daria Dugina was killed when the car she was travelling in exploded in the Moscow suburbs, while military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died in a bombing at a St Petersburg cafe last April in which 24 people were injured.
Kiev officials denied involvement in the deaths of Dugina and Tatarsky, instead blaming 'domestic terrorism'. Ukraine had not responded to Alyautdinov’s comments at the time of publication.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.