News - Russia MFA: West’s increasing influence on Armenia media resources will not lead to anything good

The increase of Western influence on the media resources of Armenia, like any other country, cannot lead to anything good. Andrey Nastasin, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), stated this at the weekly press briefing Wednesday—and when reporters asked to assess the fact that on Monday, Armen Koloyan, a former RFE/RL Armenian Service employee who had not lived in Armenia for the past 28 years, was elected to the position of Director of the Public Radio of Armenia. "The Americans and the EU are acting according to conjunctural logic, with the aim of turning public opinion everywhere against Russia. They also want to belittle the importance of the centuries-old Russian-Armenian friendship and the help that Moscow has shown and provides to brotherly Armenia in completely different domains," Nastasin added. He recalled that Russia has created mechanisms of interaction with Armenia in mass communication. "Particularly, there is a specialized intergovernmental agreement, the interdepartmental dialogue is supported, ties are established between journalists. Last year, interdepartmental consultations were held on information support for foreign political activities and work with the media. A Russian-Armenian media forum was held in Yerevan. We hope we will continue to solve—in the future with our partners—the problems that have arisen from purely academic positions," concluded Nastasin.