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Speaking toRadio Sputnik onthe sidelines ofa forum forRussian-speaking broadcasters, Kosachev said that unfortunately, many Western countries' information policy today is broadly aimed atdiscrediting Russia and limiting its opportunities inthe international arena.

The senator explained that today, ordinary Western readers, viewers and listeners are bombarded byan information policy developed and implemented bytheir states. "It is a policy they accuse us ofpursuing, butwhich they themselves implement withoutany inhibitions. This is a policy ofdiscrediting Russia, a policy ofeliminating, or atleast restricting Russia's opportunities asa competitor inthe international arena," Kosachev noted.

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At the same time, the senator said that attempts are being made tocut readers, viewers and listeners offfrom objective information, "of the kind that comes tothem fromSputnik, throughother authoritative broadcasters operating inRussian and withRussia."

"This is a very unfortunate situation, and it has nothing todo withthe freedom ofspeech or the freedom ofinformation," Kosachev noted.

The senator said that the current drama surrounding Russia inthe American media was a perfect example ofthe kind ofgross distortion ofreality that's being manufactured.

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"The US media is not any sort offourth estate. They are governed bythe first, second and third estates inthe interests ofthese authorities. And US authorities today are openly divided and disjoined; we see what is being done withPresident Trump, and just how much this manipulation ofpublic consciousness throughthe media contradicts what Americans themselves and the world asa whole are accustomed toassociating withthe 'American values' offreedom ofspeech, democracy, freedom ofthe press, and so on."

In the senator's view, US information policy went overboard oncensorship some time ago already.

"All that remains forthem todo is resort tothe Soviet-style tradition (which we see inthe US, and inUkraine, incidentally) ofsimply cutting offaccess toalternative sources ofinformation, and thus preventing people fromunderstanding the essence ofwhat is really going on," Kosachev said.

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