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Malta Today: Ukrainian journalists call for boycott on international meeting in Russia

Published Aug. 9, 2014 at 10:53 am

Ukrainian journalists are refusing to participate in the European Federation of Journalists meeting to be held in Moscow which might be used for propaganda purposes by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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Meeting of the European Federation of Journalists should not be held in Moscow, Ukrainian journalists’ unions say.

The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) and the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) voted against holding the 2014 European Federation of Journalists meeting in Russia.