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Opinion of the journalist, who wrote the article, does not entirely coincide with our opinion, but, nevertheless, the article gives an idea on the essence of the lawsuit. There is no doubt that the accusations are absurd. We do not see grounds for accusing us in insulting the person, who is one of the wealthiest and most powerful in the country. Moreover, his honor and dignity. We believe that only a normal civilized discussion of problems of society and mass media will allow finding rational ways of their solution. And if there is mass media monopoly in Kazakhstan and if experts discuss this problem, then no bans, lawsuits and threats will make people keep silence. We evaluate this lawsuit as pressure on the international public organization, operating, along with others, on assistance projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan. This lawsuit calls in question right of international public organizations for personal evaluation of situation in Kazakhstan, right for personal opinion of experts, writing about Kazakhstan, right of referring to opinions and comments of specialists. We value our opinion, reputation and honor and will assert them. |
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O. KATSIYEV, director of the Representative office of Internews Network in Kazakhstan |
