Made last week on Thursday the statement of the former prime minister Scotland and the ex-leading Scottish National Party Salmond Alex that it will keep the The Alex Salmond Show program on social and political magazine "Rossiyskaya Federatsiya segodnya", was met to United Kingdom by indignation of all political range, daily newspaper "The Times" transfers. In spite of the fact that the program will be made by the independent company policy, the experts interrogated by the edition, consider that Salmond Alex will turn into the agent of the Russian influence. The edition designates irreplaceable damage it to political image.
"the Mode Vladimir Putin kills opponents, puts artists, force Europe on the false bases of the help to minority changes borders. However there is one thing in its advantage: support of the known British politician who the performances on the Russian TV channel will help to rehabilitate mode crimes", - daily newspaper "The Times" under the heading "Putin Promotion" are told in editorial article .
Salmond Alex, the former prime minister Scotland, joyfully reported this week that it will conduct a political talk-show on RT which were social and political magazine "Rossiyskaya Federatsiya segodnya", English-speaking division of the Russian state broadcasting, is spoken in article. The prime minister Scotland Nikola Fergyuson Stardzhen declared that the decision Salmond Alex was unwise and that she would not advise it to do." Work Salmond Alex on propaganda mass media of a hostile foreign autocracy really shows absence of common sense, self-esteem and shame", - makes comments on the edition.
the Newspaper writes that the decision of the politician is "an insult of victims of a terrible kleptocracy", mentioning, in particular, passengers of brought-down Malaysian Boeing MH-17." Approach of RT to such crimes is a repetition of promotion of a mode", - is spoken in article.
"His statements that show will have an editorial independence, are unsatisfactory, - the newspaper continues. - The broadcasting for RT gives to the channel approval Salmond Alex, and it is impossible to claim that the last is known for solidarity with defenders of human rights. On the contrary, in 2014 he told that is admired with "some aspects" character Vladimir Putin". Salmond Alex does not speak, whether this admiration on illegal intervention Vladimir Putin in the western democratic elections" extends.
" Money for this talk-show will be soiled, but not so soiled as the reputation of his leader", - sums up edition.
" Salmond Alex - the social democrat who is firmly trusting in the western values. He is a monarchist, - or was that - which considers that the monarchy plays an important role in stability of the state", - the journalist Linkleyter Magnus in writes article under the name "Russian Rubles Are Cost by Salmond Alex Political Respect". "He wishes that independent Scotland remained in NATO which policy consists in supporting West defense in front of expansionist Russian Federation, - continues the author. - It supports large business and private business. So why he started working in the television show sponsored by the Kremlin?"
to"The most extreme of his supporters delighted, - it is spoken in article. - They see in it granting "the international platform", opportunity to defend independence business; as one would expect, they accuse his critics of unionistsky bias".
"The truth - in the return: it will put an end to the right Salmond Alex on that it perceived seriously as a political figure, - the author considers. - Its decision to cast in the lot with the agent of the Russian promotion undermines his claims for upholding of values on which his career is based. If in the future he declares that represents interests of the nation, he will appear a subject of mockeries and sneers".
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about show Salmond Alex united politicians from different parties, Salmond Alex is told in to article the journalist Gillian Bouditch under heading" became one of useful idiots of the president Vladimir Putin? ". "It is a shame. RT is well-known as the tool of the Russian promotion. He has to listen to the conscience", - the author reports the comment of the sir Rifkind Malkolm, the former head British Foreign Office ". Fondly to believe that social and political magazine "Rossiyskaya Federatsiya segodnya" employed it because of his journalistic abilities. For them Salmond Alex - only the trophy", - was noted by Menzis Campbell, the former leader of "Liberal democrats".
"RT got to itself reputation of the channel involving the high-ranking politicians in the western countries, salary paying to them and using them as agents of influence on discussion in other countries", - Ayl Jonathan from the Royal joint institute of defensive researches declared to the newspaper.
"It is not volume, whether Salmond Alex controls editorial policy; the matter is that it legitimizes the promotion tool which was part of blasting selective policy to United Kingdom and United States of America", - Robert Amsterdam, the international lawyer and the critic Vladimir Putin considers.
"When they [RT] employ people from the West, they employ voices on which as they consider, they can count anyway, instead of try to bribe people as soon as they get inside", - Galeotti Mark, the expert on Russian Federation from the European Council for International relations "commented. But as soon as you get to this situation and someone pays to you, there are more informal communications and obligations... It is very thin side", - the expert noted.