MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - Russia's position on Ukraine is not reaching European citizens because it faces "a concrete wall of censorship," presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.
"In fact European readers, European television viewers are unable now to receive information in full. They have been denied the right to the free choice of information. This can be admitted with great regret, nevertheless, it is so," Peskov said in an interview with Russia-25 TV channel.
He stressed that the Russian authorities - parliament members, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin - are demonstrating media activeness "with the purpose of explaining the Russian stance, dispersing various rumors and accusations."
"These explanations are not reaching [the listeners]. Not because they are groundless. On the contrary, the position is very consistent and substantiated. They are not going through because they face a crude, concrete wall of censorship. We have not seen such things and honestly speaking we have not thought that it could be so apparent," the presidential press secretary said.