Medvedev wishes 12th World Congress of Russian Press fruitful work.

edvedev wishes 12th World Congress of Russian Press fruitful work.
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TEL-AVIV, May 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent
his greetings to participants and guests of the 12th World Congress of
Russian Press that opened here on Sunday.
"The World Congress of Russian Press brings together representatives
of the journalist community from many countries. The Congress makes a
tangible contribution in building up professional contacts, preserving
spiritual ties of our compatriots from their historical homeland and
spreading the Russian language and Russian culture," Medvedev said in a
message of greetings that chief of the Russian presidential executive
office Sergei Naryshkin read out at the opening of the forum.
The Russian president noted that the current meeting "is held in the
year when the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory is celebrated." "This
issue was the highlight for numerous Russian-speaking editions. It is
difficult to evaluate their role in the objective coverage of the Second
World War, in the counteraction to attempts at falsifying the history,"
the Russian president pointed out. "To protect the truth about the war is
our common duty," he noted.
Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence that "the results of the current
media forum will contribute to further development of the international
information and humanitarian cooperation." The Russian president wished
participants and guests of the 12th World Congress of Russian Press
"fruitful work and successful implementation of joint projects."
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.URGENT - Russia wins silver at IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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BERLIN, May 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia lost to the Czech Republic 1-2
(0-1, 0-1. 1-0) in the final match of the IIHF Ice Hockey World
Championship at Lanxess Arena in Cologne on Sunday.
Jakub Klepis (1) and Tomas Rolinek (39) scored for the Czech Republic
to win the world champion title. Pavel Datsyuk scored (60) for Russia.
Russia won the silver medal, failing to protect the world champion
title for the third time in a row (2008, 2009).

.12th WARP Congress opens in Israel.

TEL-AVIV, May 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Delegates from more than 50 countries
are participating in the 12th Congress of the World Association of the
Russian Press (WARP) that opened in Israel on Sunday. Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev and UNESCO Secretary-General Irina Bokova sent their
greetings to the participants of the forum.
Chief of the Russian presidential executive office Sergei Naryshkin
read out a message of greetings from President Dmitry Medvedev. "We are
united not only by the Russian language, but also common humanistic
values, which belong not only to Russian culture, but also to the world
culture." The chief of the Russian presidential executive office also
presented awarding certificates from the Russian government to five
Russian-language editions from various countries.
At an opening ceremony of the forum WARP President and ITAR-TASS
Director-General Vitaly Ignatenko thanked Israel for a warm reception and
a perfect organization of the congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman and Minister of Information and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein
also greeted the participants in the Congress. Netanyahu noted that he
"likes people speaking Russian." He elaborated the Israeli government
includes Russian-speaking ministers, and there are quite many
Russian-speaking politicians in the ruling coalition and the Israeli
parliament Knesset.
At a four-day WARP Congress about 400 journalists and chief executives
of printed and electronic media will discuss the support and development
of the Russian-speaking information space, the problems and tasks facing
the press. The 12th WARP Congress will be held under the motto "Russian
Word in the Twenty-first Century", Vitaly Ignatenko noted.
"I believe that we will succeed through joint efforts to preserve the
unique Russian world, for which Russian culture, Russian language, Russian
word and the traditions of all nations, who recognized the Russian
language as a language of interethnic communication, serve as great
uniting values," the WARP president pointed out. "The Congress is held in
the 65th anniversary year of the Great Victory, and our common duty to
make chauvinism, xenophobia or other manifestations of religious and
nationalistic intolerance out of place in the twenty-first century,"
Vitaly Ignatenko underlined.
At the forum its participants will meet with Israeli President Shimon
Peres, will visit the Holocaust History Museum Yad Vashem and will attend
an official ceremony in Latrun on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of
the Victory over Nazism. The ITAR-TASS news agency will hold a photo
exhibition dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Second
World War in the Knesset for the first time.
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