Presentation of the book "Kiselev vs Zlobin. Deeply Personal Battle" was held in Moscow. Journalists Dmitry Kiselev and Nikolai Zlobin, representatives of diametrically opposing political positions, discussed their contradictions on the pages of this book.
"It's time to discuss relationship between the US and Russia, and I'm not talking about provocations and news that we see everyday, which we can consider either hostile, neutral, or positive. We must get out of information space and discuss our view of each other, things we want from each other, as well as the way we see the world. This is exactly what we did in ten conversations with Nikolai," Dmitry Kiselev, director general of the Rossiya Segondnya, said.
According to him, Zlobin told him all American stereotypes: “We had an honest conversation, friendly, without any screams and offenses. That's why we had these conversations not in television studio, where format itself involves some kind of dramatic conflict, and dramatic conflict makes us forget about topic we're discussing. Our conversations were turned into book, and it's a completely different responsibility. I think both sides had pretty convincing text. What we consider to be American stereotypes, Americans consider to be truth."
Nikolai Zlobin, president of the Washington-based Global Interests Center, said: “I was extremely interesting for me to talk with Dmitry for several reasons. First of all, if someone can explain structure of the Russia's view on major political issues, including the media, their content, method of selection of materials, it's him."
Zlobin believes that Russia lives in self-deception paradigm when it comes to many things: “There were several things that we could clarify in conversation with Dima. I think it's a fascinating and catchy book. Thanks to it, you can visually compare positions, and these positions are very different."
