Cyre into the nights

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, accused the TV presenter Vladimir Pozner of violating journalistic ethics. As RIA Novosti reports, according to the minister, Posner distorted his statements regarding Katyn in recent television. Lavrov believes that the TV presenter, commenting on his words, "built all his pathos in one" quote "from the interview.

At the end of last week, in an interview with three radio companies, the Foreign Minister commented on the situation with the rehabilitation of the victims of the crime in Katyn. He stated that Moscow "is ready to consider an absolutely naturally addressed request for the rehabilitation of these people." “The question lies in the legal plane, it must be resolved in such a way as to satisfy the families of Polish officers, and at the same time remain in the legal field of the Russian Federation. We are conducting a concrete conversation with the Polish government on this sad topic,” the minister added then.

According to the head of the Foreign Ministry, his words were given by Pozner as follows: “Moscow” is ready to consider the rehabilitation of the victims of Katyn. ”As Lavrov noted,“ honest journalism requires honest quotes. ”

"What did not suit you? The fact that we want to satisfy the aspirations of the families of the executed Poles? Or what are we going to do in the legal field of our state? I admit that you simply could not perceive everything that was said by me in the radio, but I also know you as an experienced analyst, the" bruise "of the domestic (and not only) journalism. What prevented the heard? Moreover, the full text appeared. The site of the Foreign Ministry and three radio stations immediately after the interview? ”” says Lavrov’s letter.

Vladimir Pozner commented on the statements of Sergey Lavrov in his author's program on Monday. He stated that "Polish officers were not captured as a result of a military operation - they were simply captured." "And on the recommendation of Beria, and of course, with the consent of Stalin, they were all shot. That is, the Soviet leadership committed a completely serious crime. And now we say that we are ready to consider the issue of their rehabilitation. In my opinion, it sounds very strange. Maybe without waiting for the decision of the Strasbourg court, it was possible to rehabilitate them as not obvious people. And at the same time to declare those who will declare those who are announced at the same time. He indicated that they should be shot, led by Joseph Vissarionovich, criminals.

In April, President Dmitry Medvedev, after negotiations with his Polish colleague Bronislav Komorovsky, said that the fault for the execution of Polish officers in Katyn was lying on the leadership of the USSR. Medvedev called it inappropriately attempts to present other versions of the events. "The leaders of the Soviet state of that period are responsible for these crimes. Attempts to submit other versions are not based on historical facts, documents, nor in moral considerations. In this regard, the position of the Russian state remains unchanged," the president said. According to him, Russia gave comprehensive assessments to the guilty "in this serious crime."