she's totally. friendly. dynamic. to do for a. month. there with r.t. live from moscow at seven thirty pm these are top stories a war dragging on for a decade the u.s. led invasion of afghanistan passes the ten year mark get a taliban defeat seems nowhere in sight and the human cost is rising faster than ever with this ear set to become the deadliest one for u.s. troops. meanwhile in the u.k. and nothing is i'm not saying protesters calling for a speedy troop withdrawal as they gather in london to protest the afghan war this

up to rally are being joined by news issuing actors and politicians. and anti corporate sentiment spreads fast across the us with protest against inequality and unemployment taking place in dozens of cities the occupy wall street movement is criticized for lacking organization but proves it's far from chaotic and isn't it for the long haul. the russian literature is full of legendary names known globally artie's al gore know how today's writers can make their way onto the world's bookshelves.

hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t.i. malbrunot and today my guest on the show is of like the. russian writers like all-star and thus the like hugely popular in the world but alike the great classic modern russian of the ship is almost unknown abroad one of the arguments is that the words modern writers rarely get translated what's wrong with promotion of rush

never struck broad and will it ever get better we're asking the deputy director of the federal russian agency for prints and mass media like you know any book. publishing expert cd translation in russia leaves much to be designed the most celebrated literature was translated into foreign languages many years ago and now they just read as almost whole to recently begun and has done some steps to remedy the problem these include the foundation of a researcher to promote and harmonize the work of the translators and special prize all that russia to establish to recognize excellence the art of speech. to get what if we welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being here and i want to know first of all i want to ask you a news related question we've been hearing. in the news that your agency is becoming the principal state body supervising internet in russia well

there's the well actually need government supervising what's your opinion. well. so it's very correct in lots of proviso i mean internets. you know if we are talking about the tactical aspects of internet it's supervised by the minister of communications because talking about the content is not supervised brainy one. probably except for the existing set of laws starting from the constitution so will be propaganda of. war nationalism if a bit and we have also decided such laws which are stipulated in the propaganda of terrorism and sort of have been. so dear lou are forced into agencies were taking care of you know all the ip addresses who

are you know involved in that sort of professional it all let's get more specific there were several statements by law enforcement officials in this country in russia and after these statements there are growing fears that the states is planning to sue restrict the freedom of internet in this country and you know what i'm certain that like we should know what the russians are reading what you know what this question is also was dispensable. and all the you know streeters of population of russia are very sensitive about you know any use coming from any state boarding which are you know touching upon an internet. communication issue but at the same time there are certain principles we trust still under discussion with different bodies of russian government.

first and foremost. our propaganda. our own of terrorism. secondly our our state our parliament is working on the new we're building state building child pornography. and i'm internet communications so good spirits in chapter no graffiti and we would like not only our schoolchildren not only. would through library to gun the access to that type of. of information to the but we also would like to to ban it inside for us. and at the same time be the mass communication people are always. looking at any attempt to make an m member through the system of laws as the attempt to to you

know to reduce the. two somehow to affect their liberties so it's always a discussion and i don't know whether. this information about any any any real steps to to introduce anything with the you know mass communication agenda is. adequate i doubt it in other in other news related question about the the competition between the print media and the on line publication the great problem. around the world with with print media competing with internet publications what's happening in russia what's the circulation in russia i print media is a dropping or is it was standing the competition stopper happily so we are. to witness in the same process in them in russian print media. or any other country in

the want like united states of america or western european countries it's. you know quite a noticeable drop of. print friends and if you take into account thought so be the character of russia. it's not easy to deliver any newspaper to a far distant the police somewhere inside your despite the fact that russia is equipped with the system of decentralized printing are sometimes it's. this issue is. it's quite subtle to especially for the daily newspapers. and at the same time we're developing you know digital coverage of powerful television and broadcasting around and it will be i think will succeed with or with

that program by two thousand and fifteen. including you know the launch of. or the outer space of the new generation of russian communications satellites and we i think will be. getting all of our you know villages and small towns will be given access to broad brought infinite to seventy two thousand seven thousand i've heard best meeting that means that. all the citizens of russia will get the access to you know electronic version of any very media i've heard in the news the other day that by year two thousand and fifty there will be no more paper magazines and newspapers well oh are we talking about the composition of paper and plastics paper and silicon or are we talking about the. appearance of a new means like the newspapers from being just means of information are

moving into internet rather becoming communication being information it isn't about paper or is it about a new way of communicating it's about being a way of communicating our you know there are two things to ask this we we have to take in consideration first but there's not that huge drop of the production of paper in the world despite of the new means of communication despite of. the drop of the print runs somehow printers are still. still enjoying you know what there is from every talk from all the other medias including advertising secondly. books are piece of art so there will be a competition between the friday book and the. paper book but both

of them will be existing. as far as printing newspapers and magazines this should be something which will be. offering advertisers to put the evidence you know so. what i'm talking about. the media will be developing both ways i just part of the business and part of the culture. of let's even a pretty good if the pizza director of the russian federal agency for print and mass media spotlight a movie that shortly after we take breaks out things that. would . have brought our hero. we here

because of our country alex that. the guy promised them this militantly long story . will that if they are still going to be thinking that. god's chosen people will be must believe that god is the real estate agent ok it's not just for you guys in disguise as well. because this is all one person might think. that. on. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on wall street since

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welcome back to spotlight i'll grab in just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is led to me to get a good if they're pretty director of the russian federal agency for print and mass media. well let's talk about literature i know that your your latest interest as an individual is translations translations of lush russian literature into foreign languages i know that you you you ran a news conference recently introducing a new institute of translation for out of a so institution rather that will be responsible for that those that mean that there is a serious revival of interest to crush literature around the world or you want to promote such a. well there was always a certain interest of russian literature around the world. but.

the problem is if you're getting. through the any bookstore whether you are in new york or in paris you say you're certainly your second reading the books by the us each effort. sometimes you're also getting somebody in or needs and or pastor mark. which is not the case with the mormon russian literature only you know a dozen of russian writers were. the first probably russian writers have been for slate and for foreign languages are. there are several you know. problems that we're facing that moment well one of that is the. lack of infrastructure i mean by even sort of

fiction we're talking about the action for certain about things. we're talking about fiction we're talking about poets are going to talking about. we're talking about russian currently processes so first is the lack of real infrastructure from and by the lack of infrastructure i mean that there is no specialized lead free agency is the military all literary agents working with the russian literature secondly it's always risky to publish new names so what we're trying to do just the sept we've just set institution which will be supporting. both we are translators and publishers of the profession from the russian language into foreign languages and the publishers who are would like to respond to to introduce the new name.

over the russian author or. this institution will be also organize and seminars will be organizing specialized schools for slaughter used for linguists would like to deep their much in the russian language russian literature. say their meeting with the. russian authors and all the russian secure since linguistic institutions were currently involved in promoting facilities or recently will couple minutes ago when talking about the future of books he said that that that that lies into roots because it's a piece of art and because it's business when selecting the books that should be translated what's your main principle and so i think is it is it business or it or is there just a quality. or both both both sometimes it's difficult to have both you know if you ask me as they represent of the russian you know governmental

office i would say i would like to set up a direct communication between russian publishers and foreign publishers and set up you know a business through the grill and if you're talking to me or see the military i'm with a person who was in the problem business for twenty years. been a reader. of literature as well as. the organizer of the biggest russian literary work in russia in and here. i would say. about art well actually russia was this year's market focus country at the london book fair a small place you know the media has more and this attempt to impress british readers with new names in russian literature. it might get down to the old story does do you have to keep and check out. this status of a guest who do not give food to you from london who are hundred russian writers

uncertainty producers. the intended were intent on promoting the merits of a much more contemporary brand of russian literature that fair featured authors well known in their homeland as well as up and coming contributors showcasing a cross-section of more than literature abroad is just one way for russia to promote its writers another one is encouraging translators to deal with books my new office to help the process around the russian federal agency for going to mass media is founded the institute of translation this will hand out grants for jobs way sions from russian into other languages the new writers expect priority to be given to english in the belief this is the best way to promote more than russian literature globally books published in britain or the us and get in reviews in english language magazines they spouts grab the attention of the reading public i

didn't knew names own side those stories as they abstain check up to the least of russian must reads. after a b.b.c. radio launched series based on the silly grossman's life and fate this is what became well a great hits in the end london had an a and it and a hit in the united kingdom bookstores well will russia use this opportunity to try to sustain sustained interest. i would say that it's not it's not just the. event and so just by b.b.c. if we're talking about. meditation of any great novel. we have probably the same attack anywhere in the world if you remember a couple of years ago the russians of islam make the patient

a serious. idiot by the study of history and then you know thousands of russian readers. went to the bookstores to to buy this idea of the by the book so it's it's you know all these times you're effective in promoting reading promoting books promoted to shame promoting reading so if you ask me would i like to to. make a serious on and on the contemporary great russian novels with b.b.c. which sort of left some good promotion agitation as you just said there is all of the stereotypes it's largely they're creating stereotypes now after this b.b.c. series the brits are calling grossman the grass was no novel the the greatest russian novel of the twentieth century well what's wrong with good old dr zhivago what's wrong with the story who who wrote in the twentieth century as well as the nineteenth century is it fair creating

a new stereotype to promote something you'd said well i mean instead of the good all things you know what. i would put it the other way if if people read if any piece of art. even the reader show. stimulating people to read them. let's discuss. the ratings and the war thirds then with people read on the do not treat because the problem promotion of reading is. evident both for the united kingdom and russia as well. we're trying to do. to take a lot of you know experience from from non-governmental organization of the united kingdom to promoting specifically. to schoolchildren. this is a big problem for european civilization the new generation is not very eager to be

literature you know somebody told me that if one of the main. main standards for for the state of economy of the country is is the rate of the sales of new cars one of the main standards for. two to value the the state of literature in the country is it is it possible to live and writing in a country so a russian writer and russian orthodox if he of course he's not writing cheap detective stories can you limit. that's a good question. may i ask you whether the american writer a british writer can read leave for only on his. or his well frankly i don't know and i'll tell you why because they're probably they probably they all are professors at university exactly thinks exactly so if you think in only ten

twelve twenty bestselling authors in any country they can leave and sustain going to be as elitist and there's their authors. if you're talking about a big literature. i doubt it i don't get any any big literary name is. not doing something else for his living working as a professor as a consultant. another interesting thing about about translations you said we're talking about fiction about poetry but. thousands and maybe millions of people. around the world get their knowledge about russian about russian culture russian history by reading books by authors abroad who don't have the best knowledge about what they're writing there are lots of russian history book russian books and russian culture that need to be translated into languages is it

a girl you're setting feels exactly exactly. if you're talking about nonfiction so the same goals as the fiction are as well as. you know promoting our best scholars to be translated into the foreign languages. there are certain areas in the world which which are asking us to provide us to provide with the. with tags books with the science books with encyclopedias. and we're trying to promote our scholars routers as well as writers you mentioned e-books. distributed. in the internet as one of the means of quick distribution and sharing of information but if i'm not mistaken prime minister putin recently declared a war on free distribution of wild books in the internet is russia going to sort of

try to to put purple preferred regulations that. principle never declared war against internet and the did i met yeah yeah i limited access to it he had a meeting with the russian book union which is straight. association of russian publishers who actually know what they'd put up with yeah they would like to get something from from abandoned sea of offers from different you know other sites and internet introducing free or for. for free they pay me russian author any any piece. of literature so the problem in question is that how to fight against piracy how to organize the law enforcement again piracy in the help of internet. and.

i would prime minister understands the insurance. he's introduced just a special governmental commission on you know the family intellectual property as well. that pertains to. distribution movies through tolerance and the solution of literature as well ok thank you thank you very much for being with us today and just a reminder that my guest on the show was alleging that he got his deputy director of the russian federal agency for twenty and master and that's it for now from all of us here spotlight will be back with more on tom and the conflict in russia with the men and party and take it.

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