RUSSIA SETS UP PRESS CENTRE TO IMPROVE ITS IMAGE ABROAD
January 23rd 2008 06:14
Moscow Times reports that a press centre aimed at improving Russia's image abroad will open in central Moscow next month and could be overseen by a friend and judo partner of President Vladimir Putin.
The National Information Center will accommodate media events for a pool of Russian and foreign journalists, Ivan Makushok, spokesman for the State Council for the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said on Monday.
The center's aims include improving Russia's image abroad, promoting national projects and providing journalists with first-hand contacts in the presidential administration, Makushok said.
State Duma Deputy Vasily Shestakov, a long-time friend of Putin's and a fellow judo enthusiast, said he had been invited to head up the supervisory board. Shestakov represents pro-Kremlin party A Just Russia in the Duma. Billionaire Roman Abramovich, Evraz Group shareholder Alexander Abramov and Boris Hait, head of the insurance company Spasskiye Vorota, will finance the centre, Kommersant reported.
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