Moscow-Sana
Deputy Director of the Media and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Bekantov criticized some Western countries ’invocation of the Coronavirus pandemic to launch new media attacks against Russia instead of helping to overcome differences.
"Despite the weight of the Corona tragedy in the global situation and linked to the dominance of negative health and epidemiological factors and feelings, this common ordeal has provided new opportunities for all of us to unite efforts and overcome The differences must be reduced or at least reduced, "adding," but unfortunately, hopes for that were not fulfilled, as the European media enthusiastically joined the smear campaign against Russia, China and some other countries.
It is noteworthy that the International Conference (Russia and Europe) on the actual problems of contemporary international journalism is held every year in different countries and is traditionally attended by heads of European media, politicians, diplomats, scholars, political scientists and management of international companies.