{"id":27540,"date":"2021-04-22T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2021-04-27T20:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:47:31","slug":"public-tv-did-not-cover-the-protests-of-the-russian-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2021\/04\/22\/27540\/","title":{"rendered":"Public TV Did Not Cover The Protests Of The Russian Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 21, demonstrations in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in Russia and other countries. Navalny has been on a hunger strike since March 31, demanding that the doctor he invited would be allowed to provide medical help. His health condition worsened during the weeks that he was taken to the convicts&#8217; hospital. Now, reports are being made about risks that are threatening his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These demonstrations demanding that Navalny get medical care and be released were left out of the agenda of the Armenian Public Television and the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public TV did not cover the protests<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The topic of demonstrations was not included in all 6 issues of &#8220;Lurer&#8221; newsletter on April 21. In 3 of the programs (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dlNJRhtXYYQ&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2d3VWGmORAI&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">19:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zf_GQirL1m8&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">21:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) there is no headline &#8220;International news,&#8221; and in the existing ones, there is no reference (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=diLZp9qCZ-s&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qPX2WSUmN_A&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">13:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=88m9p_7Kx4E&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). The news was not included in the &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/21\/%D5%95%D6%80%D5%A8%D5%9D-60-%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4\/459717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Day in 60 Seconds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; summary either. Media.am checked and found out that the news about the demonstrations was not included in the next day&#8217;s issues (April 22), neither at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OdwYHRkiw-E&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d6b5G8gcBKM&amp;ab_channel=%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">13:00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This news was not covered by the Public&#8217;s website, 1lurer.am either. We have studied the content created by the website on April 21 and 22 (until 14:00). It covers Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/21\/%D4%BC%D5%82-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4-%D5%8C%D4%B4-%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B6-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B5%D5%A1-%D5%A6%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4\/459844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as the fact that Russia is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/22\/%D5%8C%D4%B4-%D5%B6-%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4-%D5%A7-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%85%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB-%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A8\/459916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">extending<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the stay of illegal migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other news about Russia on the website had nothing to do with Armenia:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his message, Putin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/21\/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B6-%D5%AB%D6%80-%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4-%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%A1%D6%81%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB-%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A2-%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80-%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%B2-%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6\/459520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the forces organizing provocations against Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moscow <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/21\/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%AB-%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BF-%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82-%D4%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%BB%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A8-%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF-%D5%B0%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%84\/459400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">considered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Zelensky&#8217;s offer to meet with Putin in Donbas a cunning trick<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian planes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/21\/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8-%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%AF-%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB-%D6%85%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4\/459756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the airspace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the Baltic Sea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Russian Foreign Ministry has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/22\/%D5%8C%D4%B4-%D4%B1%D4%B3%D5%86-%D5%A8-%D5%AD%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AA%D5%A5%D6%84-%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%89%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%9D-%D5%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD-%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB-%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%B4-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6-%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%80-%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6\/460039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">promised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to respond adequately to possible new steps by the Czech Republic against Russian diplomats<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The President of Belarus <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1lurer.am\/hy\/2021\/04\/22\/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB-%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A8-%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%9D-%D5%8C%D4%B4-%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%AB-%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BF-%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80-%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80\/460008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has left for<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Moscow to hold talks with the President of Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is also worth noting that Public TV referred to the US protest action, which was taking place in the state of Ohio, after the murder of a 16-year-old girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Months ago, Public TV was labeled anti-Russian for airing Navalny&#8217;s views<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In July 2020, a scandal broke out in Armenia and Russia over a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JiLMnx333uU&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Public TV. It included Alexei Navalny&#8217;s comment on the Russian constitutional referendum for a few seconds. This fact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oNUsKddGj0k&amp;t=2072s&amp;ab_channel=%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C%D1%91%D0%B2LIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was criticized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by one of the famous figures of the Russian propaganda, Vladimir Solovyov, to which Navalny <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-vEV1xdcWWI&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR0HuZsQRjCHu8Vsim4z90aRqRKDMFlxgkdzJjRZRU0r4Ae9kw_WcVbi69w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">responded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Read more about this <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/media.am\/en\/critique\/2020\/07\/03\/22526\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Solovyov&#8217;s reaction was widely <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yerevan.today\/all\/politics\/59672\/h1-i-eteroum-couyc-eq-talis-hayerin-ev-hayastant-atogh-mardo%D5%9Eun%E2%80%A4-solovyov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">spread<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Armenian media, and Politik.am even <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/politik.am\/nikol-pashinyany-shantazhi-e-dimum-rusnery-merzhel-en-ev-pahanjel-en-shantazhi-lezvov-chkhosel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that Navalny&#8217;s &#8220;anti-Putin&#8221; interview was included in the report on Nikol Pashinyan&#8217;s instructions. The &#8220;anti-Russian&#8221; moods in the information field <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.am\/arm\/news\/589010.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">worried<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the secretary of the PAP faction Arman Abovyan.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What demonstrations were they?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 21, rallies were held across Russia in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. He had been on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNFlxVIF7Wg\/?igshid=w5t8ox728w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a hunger strike<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> since March 31, demanding that a doctor that he invited be allowed to visit him for back pain, numbness in his arms and legs. As a result of the hunger strike that lasted for weeks, his health deteriorated and he was taken to a convicts&#8217; hospital. Although his condition was assessed as satisfactory, Navalny&#8217;s doctors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azatutyun.am\/a\/31209734.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">say<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> his condition is extremely serious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 16, the Russian prosecutor&#8217;s office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2021\/04\/16\/prokuratura-moskvy-potrebovala-priznat-ekstremistskimi-fbk-i-shtaby-navalnogo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">demanded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that organizations linked to Navalny be declared extremists. After that, the politician&#8217;s supporters announced in support of his action. Tens of thousands of citizens took to the streets, more than 1800 people <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ovdinfo.org\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciey-v-podderzhku-alekseya-navalnogo-21-aprelya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">were arrested<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Get acquainted with the chronology of the demonstrations <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/live\/2021\/04\/21\/den-solidarnosti-s-alekseem-navalnym-onlayn-meduzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navalny was detained at the airport in January this year as soon as he returned from Germany. He was transferred to this country after being poisoned with &#8220;Novichok&#8221; type neuroparalytic substance. According to a joint <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellingcat.com\/news\/uk-and-europe\/2020\/12\/14\/fsb-team-of-chemical-weapon-experts-implicated-in-alexey-navalny-novichok-poisoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">investigation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Bellingcat, CNN, Der Spiegel and The Insider, Navalny was poisoned by a team of chemical weapons experts from the Russian Federal Security Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><b>Arshaluys Barseghyan<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 21, demonstrations in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in Russia and other countries. Navalny has been on a hunger strike since March 31, demanding that the doctor he invited would be allowed to provide medical help. His health condition worsened during the weeks that he was taken to the<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2021\/04\/22\/27540\/\"> Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verified","author_posts-arshaluys-barseghyan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27541,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540\/revisions\/27541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}