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| Jan Tombinski, EU Ambassador in Ukraine |
The Head of the EU Representative office in Ukraine Jan Tombinski considers
there is no censorship in Ukraine. He made such an announcement today, on
16October, during his press conference in Kyiv.
He also said that he has spent not enough time in Ukraine to make a
conclusion that there are absolutely no independent media in Ukraine. But at
the current stage there is no censorship in Ukraine and there is freedom of
information and expression in the country, stated EU Ambassador.
Jan Tombinski also added that it is possible to tell anything on Youtube
or in the social networks but it is not the same as the possibility of the
access to the state media and to other sources of the information. But on the
other hand Ukrainian media sources do not fulfill one of their main functions –
to educate the citizens, thinks Mr. Tombinski.
“Today we can observe the situation when the
media focus more on the election campaign and are trying to influence the minds
of people in attempt to make them vote for the specific political powers and
parties who stand behind those media sources and channels and own them”, said
EU Ambassador.
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