#Announcement

🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on current foreign policy issues at approximately 14:00 MSK (11:00 am GMT) on February 14.

Accreditation is open until 11 am on February 13.

#WorldRadioDay

📻 February 13 is World Radio Day, proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference in 2011 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2012. It commemorates the first broadcast of UN Radio in 1946. This year's theme for World Radio Day is “Radio: A Century Informing, Entertaining and Educating.”

Radio continues to be a highly sought-after and popular means of mass communication. Although radio stations today are introducing new formats to engage with their audience and digitalising the airwaves, the core objective remains the same: to provide prompt and honest information to their listeners.

❗️ Unfortunately, the countries of the collective West have forgotten the true meaning of freedom of the press means. Anything that contradicts that contradicts the modern "Anglo-Saxon" and EU mainstream is subjected to censorship. Russian media, including radio stations and publications with radio broadcasting, have been banned and blocked. For example, Sputnik is banned in the European Union, and access to the websites of many Russian radio stations is restricted.

☝️ We hope that World Radio Day will serve as an opportunity for genuine discussion within the professional community, focusing on challenges faced by radio broadcasters and the prospects for the industry’s development. It is essential to adhere to high standards of quality and impartial journalism during this dialogue, rather than engaging in further political speculation.

Yesterday, an outstanding Russian writer Ivan Krylov marks his 255th anniversary. His fables have become an integral part of the world's literary culture, remaining relevant in our time.
Here are some interesting facts about the writer's life:
🔹 Krylov had no secular education and teachers, and his father taught him to read;
🔹 Pushkin once said about Krylov: «He is one of our best writers, he is our La Fontaine»;
🔹 Krylov worked as a librarian in the St. Petersburg public library for 30 years;
🔹 His early attempts at dramaturgy were unsuccessful and drew criticism;
🔹 Krylov's fables were read and known by heart from the tsar and minister to the common soldier and peasant;
🔹 He withdrew from dramaturgy and concentrated on fables by the age of 40.