Ru embassy phillipic on Litvinenko
Russian Ambassador to Australia is unhappy about TV report featuring Alexander Litvinenko called “Crimes of the Kremlin”. Letter from 22 May, 2003 to the chairman of SBS: “…Unfortunately your yesterday’s Dateline program “Crimes of the Kremlin” shattered my believe that SBS is promoting understanding between countries and nationalities. In feet, it smacks of the worst Cold War era cliches. It is indeed one of the most blatantly biased and unbalanced piece of propaganda I’ve ever seen in recent years. Certainly, I’ve never expected to see anything like this in Australia.
After viewing this stuff I want to ask a very simple question. What or who stimulated SBS interest in the conspiracy theory which had long lost any appeal to anybody?..”
See previous reporting by Alexander Litvinenko on corruption in Russia.
Source: Yuri Felshtinsky’s archive.
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27/05 ’03 17:18
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Dear Ms Zampatli,
I am writing to you to express my profound astoiiislnuent and disbelieve. Until
yesterday I always thought SBS journalists were highly professional people immune to
ideological stereotypes. Unfortunately your yesterday’s Dateline program “Crimes o f the
Kremlin” shattered my believe that SBS is promoting understanding between countries and
nationalities. In feet, it smacks o f the worst Cold W ar era cliches. It is indeed one o f the
most blatantly biased and unbalanced piece o f propaganda I’ve ever seen in recent years.
Certainly, I’ve never expected to see anything like this in Australia.
After viewing this stuff I want to ask a very simple question. W hat or who stimulated
SBS interest in the conspiracy theory which had long lost any appeal to anybody? And why
have you stopped short o f accusing the Kremlin o f organizing the hostage drama in the
Moscow theatre last October-/ Such an accusation would have been absolutely in line with
the logic o f other stories in your report
And one last question. Why had the journalist omitted several very crucial moments
in his depiction o f Mr, Berezovsky’s crusade against President Putin? To name ju st a few: it
was worth mentioning the oligarch’s dose financial lies with Chechen bandits and Mr.
Berezovsky’s intention to finance the Communist Party o f Russia in coming elections. And
one more interesting point * the leader o f the Liberal Russia Party Mr. Youshenkov was
assassinated only days after the party leaders had expelled Mr Berezovsky from the party. T
think Australian viewers o f your program would have loved such details.
■My best regards and congratulations with a work well done!
0 o O 0 c i
Leonid P .Moiseev
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