Russian journalists are being trained to work in hot spots
On February 17, 2022, the Union of Journalists of Moscow hosted a traditional meeting of military journalists dedicated to the military holiday – Defender of the Fatherland Day. It was organized and conducted by Pavel Gusev, Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and Lyudmila Shcherbina, First Secretary of the Moscow Union of Journalists.
The time we live in today is the time of information wars waged against Russia by our so-called Western partners. The greatness and power of our country is like a bone in their throat. Literally the whole world is filled with slander. Against this background, according to Pavel Gusev, Russian journalists look very dignified, not allowing themselves to lie to their readers and viewers. And Western ones, like the same American Bloomberg news agency, have repeatedly set the date of Russia's war with Ukraine. It turns out that the freedom of the press in the West depends on the thickness of the money bag of their sponsors and the disinformation of the special services.
Today, journalists should be able to work not only in comfortable conditions, but also in exercises, shooting, and hot spots. To do this, the Union of Journalists of Moscow, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, conducts training at the Bastion courses, where security measures, legal norms and rules of conduct in combat conditions are studied. More than 1000 employees of newspapers, magazines, TV have already been trained on them. Other law enforcement agencies also make a big contribution to this. As Lyudmila Shcherbina said, from 2022 our colleagues from other countries will also study at the courses.
No less important is the fact that today the journalistic community has no contradictions and misunderstandings with the security forces, close contact has been established.
"Especially with the Ministry of Defense after Sergei Shoigu took over as head of the military department," Pavel Gusev stressed. – So we all end up working for a common cause - ensuring the security of the Russian Federation. The journalistic community also has a strong contact with the Rosgvardiya, the FSB, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations."
And another important topic was raised by Gusev. "Recently they have been saying that print media are becoming a thing of the past, but this is not true," he pointed out to the audience. - This is confirmed by life itself, it is well understood, for example, in the administration of the President of Russia. So, in the same elections, 75 percent are mature and elderly people, who are the main consumers of paper newspapers. So the print media will not leave the arena."
Although it became very difficult to work. The number of newsagents has decreased by 60 percent. And there are only a few daily newspapers left.
At the end of the meeting, the diplomas of the Moscow Union of Journalists were awarded to Colonel Alexey Zolotukhin, a representative of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the magazine "Foreign Military Review" (in connection with the 100th anniversary) and the departmental newspaper of Rosgvardiya (in connection with the 30th anniversary of the publication).
Oleg Falichev, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of MIC
The newspaper "Military-Industrial Courier", published in issue No. 7 (920) for February 22, 2022