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"For the first time since Brezhnev's period I have a feeling
of constant and lasting shame for my country." This was the
reaction of the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma and member of
the Yabloko faction Vladimir Lukin to the closure of the TV-6
television channel. Lukin expressed his opinion on the Ekho Moskvi
radio station.
The TV-6 television channel was "the only channel to express
an independent position on a number of issues, even if I sometimes
disagreed with them," stressed Lukin.
The situation around TV-6 and a number of other events inside
the country make us presume that "Russia’s authorities either
do not have any strategy or don't completely realise what they
are doing," added the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of
the Russian Federation. He also expressed his concern that Russia's
domestic policy could damage the attitude to Russia internationally.
"I am completely aware that the image of Russia and of our
President today will face significant difficulties, and that a
significant part of the accumulated political capital will now
have been spent," noted Lukin.
"I want our mass media to be allowed to function in conditions
where they could freely express their opinions. Only then the
popularity of our leaders would be valuable and authentic,"
added Lukin. At the same time he also recognised that recently
he had "heard so much political hypocrisy" and he had
begun to "strongly doubt" that the situation could change
for the better.
See also:
TV6
case
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