Does official government censorship still exist?
In principle, yes. Censorship remains. It is of a different character, but it remains. There is less of it and it is softer. That’s first. Secondly, the press centers of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Supreme Council are inadequate. And the president’s press center and his press secretary do not work at all. His press center has brought such a negative image of Ukraine to the public that I do not know why the president keeps those people. Instead of explaining certain things or pointing out news items, instead of calling a journalist or many, they do the opposite. Many times they simply do not inform the press about press conferences. Let’s say there are 100 correspondents who cover the Parliament, foreign and domestic. Thirty will be told. Forty will not find out. And the rest will find out on their own. Q: Whom do they usually call? A: In principle, they should call everybody. But sometimes you call asking, let’s say about when [President Leonid] Kravchuk is due to land returning f
