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Subject: API: Agentstvo Patrioticheskoy Informatsii
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Subject: API: Agentstvo Patrioticheskoy Informatsii
Leftists Begin 'Patriotic News Agency'; Zyuganov Comments ITAR-TASS
Moscow, 8 Aug -- Journalists were introduced to the Patriotic News Agency
[Agentstvo Patrioticheskoy Informatsii--API] during a news conference held
at the Central House of Journalists today by the leaders of the leftwing
opposition to mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the
People's Patriotic Union of Russia [NPSR].
The decision to set up the API was made by the NPSR Presidium, and the
agency, already registered with the State Committee of the Russian
Federation for the Press, has already begun operations, according to the
NPSR press service.
The NPSR regional structures are actively assisting the new agency in
establishing a regional network of correspondents. Journalists were
presented with the new agency's information and analysis bulletin.
Gennadiy Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
[CPRF], thinks that leftwing and patriotic forces have managed to "break
the information blockade" in the past 12 months. He told the news
conference today that in all Republics and regions the leftwing and
patriotic forces are now publishing some 300 newspapers and magazines and
running three radio stations.
"The population will receive first-hand information; we will manage to
bring the truth to the citizens of Russia," Zyuganov said.
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