All recipes for inter-ethnic peace are good, experts believe

The Second International Conference "Unity in Diversity" dedicated to the role of civic society in inter-ethnic harmony took place today in Moscow. The editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Yelena Davydova, emphasized that ignorance is the foundation of negative perceptions of other nations. She said that in order to educate people, Russia Today teaches its audience that different peoples have different cultures, and that they all have their own stories.An associate professor at the Department of Ethnology at the History Department of Moscow State University, Ismail Agakishiev, also emphasized the role of the media in inter-ethnic relations.He stressed that the post-Soviet countries have great experience working with this issue. "The word "tolerance" is probably not appropriate, since over the past years we have developed respect for other nations," he said. The head of the Information and Public Relations at the department of interregional cooperation, national policy and communications with religious organizations of Moscow's administration, Anastasia Gorshkova, said that it is important to organize multicultural events and celebrate different national holidays in order to unite different nationalities.A member of the presidential council on international relations, Maxim Shevchenko, noted that it is much easier to create negative images of other nations rather than positive ones. "Today people perceive the ethno-national theme through conflict," he said. He called for a return to the traditions of ethnographic research undertaken by Gilyarovskiy and others.

 

The Second International Conference "Unity in Diversity" dedicated to the role of civic society in inter-ethnic harmony took place today in Moscow. 
The editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Yelena Davydova, emphasized that ignorance is the foundation of negative perceptions of other nations. She said that in order to educate people, Russia Today teaches its audience that different peoples have different cultures, and that they all have their own stories.
An associate professor at the Department of Ethnology at the History Department of Moscow State University, Ismail Agakishiev, also emphasized the role of the media in inter-ethnic relations.
He stressed that the post-Soviet countries have great experience working with this issue. "The word "tolerance" is probably not appropriate, since over the past years we have developed respect for other nations," he said. 
The head of the Information and Public Relations at the department of interregional cooperation, national policy and communications with religious organizations of Moscow's administration, Anastasia Gorshkova, said that it is important to organize multicultural events and celebrate different national holidays in order to unite different nationalities.
A member of the presidential council on international relations, Maxim Shevchenko, noted that it is much easier to create negative images of other nations rather than positive ones. "Today people perceive the ethno-national theme through conflict," he said. He called for a return to the traditions of ethnographic research undertaken by Gilyarovskiy and others.