MOSCOW, Apr 13Despite the blocking, Instagram* and Facebook* remain an important platform for broadcasting Russia’s approaches to the Western audience, this opinion was expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Oleg Syromolotov. Speaking about the latest actions of Internet giants, he pointed out that “indeed, Western IT -corporations and the digital platforms they control have finally ceased to hide their goals and objectives, the masks have been dropped. «They are focused on creating a reality that meets the interests of the so-called collective West, in which Russia and the Russian authorities are to blame for everything,» he added. According to Syromolotov, «everything is used: harsh and even brutal censorship aimed at drowning out alternative points of view, disinformation and fakes, constant substitution of concepts and meanings, the so-called cancellation culture, which is now applied to everything Russian (this is, first of all, a product of Western social networks), absolutely unprecedented, going beyond all existing legal norms and common sense, turning off all Russian media from the information air. «At the same time, these platforms (Instagram * and Facebook *) remain important a platform for broadcasting our approaches, including on foreign policy, as well as for promoting a positive image of Russia among foreign audiences,» the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia noted. He believes that «such opportunities, while they exist, must be used». * extended exceptions allowing Ukrainians to call for violence»The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our foreign agencies are making every effort in the framework of digital diplomacy to, despite hostile actions from the administrations of American social networks, bring the truth to pragmatically minded people, including in Western countries» , — concluded Syromolotov.Read the full text of the interview >>>* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist.
