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Blue_Tires

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Mon Mar 16, 2015, 04:54 PM Mar 2015

EU sanctions against Russia should hit Putin propagandists

Last edited Mon Mar 16, 2015, 06:14 PM - Edit history (1)

The EU should not shy away from adding the names of the Russian media representatives in charge of running Putin's propaganda machine to the list of those covered by its sanctions against Moscow, said Krzysztof Bobinski.

Krzysztof Bobinski is the co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

The European Union’s sanctions against Russia remain controversial among the member states, even if Brussels is currently considering stepping up restrictive measures. But it was Boris Nemtsov, who often wondered out loud why the West and the EU were sanctioning politicians and business people but not Russian media managers and editorial bosses.

When I heard him speak at a conference in Visby, Sweden last autumn, Nemtsov argued these are the people who produce the propaganda, which underpins Russia’s aggressive policies both at home and abroad.

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/europes-east/eu-sanctions-against-russia-should-hit-putin-propagandists-312904

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