At the meeting with Uzbek journalists, US State Secretary Anthony Blinken stated that providing mass media with freedom of speech is the most effective tool against propaganda.
Nikita Makarenko, a famous blogger, asked if there is any way to eliminate Russian propaganda out of the region, and Blinked answered that the establishment of strong, active, independent, and fully equipped local mass media is the solution.
"We need to give people the opportunity to decide for themselves what is right and what is not, what is good policy and what is bad policy, which direction is right and which is not," Blinken stressed.
He recognized the strong impact of Russian propaganda in the region, to which the cure would be in the creation of a supportive environment for the emerging media which will grow to be independent, truthful, and free of any bias.
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