MOSCOW, April 28 The Union of Journalists of Russia has excluded from their ranks, two employees of the Karelian branch, recognized as foreign agents, declared in the association.
It is noted that the secretaries of the UJR discussed the issue of further membership of the chairman of the Karelian branch of the UJR Georgy Chentemirov * and a member of the board of the Karelian branch Natalya Sevets-Yermolina *, who left the country and currently reside in Norway and Montenegro, respectively. The head of the UJR, Vladimir Solovyov, noted that Chentemirov, formally being the chairman of the regional branch, had in fact not been involved in the current activities of the organization for a long time, while continuing to make statements on its behalf.
“Starting from 2022, the central office of the union repeatedly received complaints from journalists from Petrozavodsk who could not join the Union of Journalists while still in Russia, the chairman of the branch for personal reasons refused to accept applications from 14 journalists to join the union. that the chairman left the territory of the country and did not hold a conference, the delegation from Karelia was unable to attend the 13th Congress of the Union of Journalists in October,» the release that is available to .
says.It is noted that on March 31, 2023, by decision of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, Chentemirov is in the status of a foreign agent.
«The new edition of the Charter of the Union of Journalists reserves the right for the governing bodies of the Union of Journalists to decide on the further stay in the organization of a member of the Union of Journalists in the event that he is assigned the status of a foreign agent — every time in a separate order. If, in our opinion, a journalist got on this list by accident, then he will remain a member of the union and we will try to change the situation. But in this case, the members of the secretariat voted to exclude Georgy Chentemirov from the members of the UJR,» Solovyov said, words which are given in the release.
It is added that Sevets-Yermolina, recognized as a foreign agent and ceased to fulfill her duties as a member of the board of the regional branch, was also expelled from the members of the UJR.
In conclusion, it is indicated that in Within the next three months, a conference of the regional branch is to be held in Petrozavodsk, at which a new chairman will be elected.
* An individual acting as a foreign agent.