В.Путин.Встреча с курсантами.29.11.02.Part 3

Meeting with Cadets at the General Margelov Airborne Troops Institute in Ryazan.Part 3
November 29, 2002
Ryazan

Встреча с курсантами Рязанского института воздушно-десантных войск имени генерала армии В.Ф.Маргелова
29 ноября 2002 года
Рязань

QUESTION: My name is cadet Ivanov. In the wake of the Nord-Ost events, amendments had to be made to the laws on the media to restrict their activities. But I have heard reports that these amendments have been put on hold, that is, they were debated by the Duma, but

VLADIMIR PUTIN: They were passed by the Duma and by the Federation Council, but I vetoed them. Many unfortunate things have been happening in many areas in the countrys life and it would be wrong to place all the blame on the media. And it would be an even greater mistake to take any steps to limit the freedom of expression in the country on the spur of emotions, and of course, we are all feeling very strongly about what happened. If we did that you would never learn what is happening in the hot spots. Your relatives would never know what is happening to you. Eventually it would turn the civil service and civil servants into an entity that would come to believe that it is infallible in any situation and that would be unable to adequately assess the quality of the work done by the national and regional leaders.

The existence of a free press is an indispensable condition for the development of the country along democratic lines. The deputies, at least the heads of the two chambers, have agreed with me that some provisions of the law they adopted are somewhat vague and need to be formulated more precisely. The deputies of the State Duma and the members of the Federation Council are finalising the law together with the media representatives, and it will eventually be passed.

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