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The Russian TV channel has announced a tender for buying 30 Action cameras. The ...

Russia Today TV is purchased by GPRO camera journalists: they can be fastened to weapons (photo)

The Russian TV channel has announced a tender for buying 30 Action cameras. The propagandists thus deprived the protection journalists while working on the battlefield. Russian TV channel Russian Today (RT) has announced a tender for the purchase of 30 GPRO HERO cameras, and the supply devices should be devices for mounting cameras on weapons. This is stated in the tender proposal of the channel, which is located on his site.

The autonomous non-profit organization "TV-Novosti" (the owner of the TV channel) intends to conclude a contract for the supply of GPRO equipment, indicated in the text. In terms of 100% of payment after signing the invoice within 5 working days. The equipment must be delivered no later than December 12 this year. "There may be partial supply and payment. The final term of submission of proposals: November 9, 2022 at 12:00," the organization said.

Allowing correspondents to use weapons, RT deprives them of protecting them while working on a battlefield. Journalists are equated with Geneva Conventions to civilians until they took their arms. The fact that the journalist is engaged in propaganda cannot be regarded as direct participation in the conflict, according to the text of the conference.

If the journalist took the weapon and joined one of the warring parties, he considers an illegal combatant, their status is equated with mercenaries or terrorists. Recall that in Russia three times increased funding for propaganda after the start of the war in Ukraine. From January to March, the budget went 17. 4 billion rubles for the article "Media". In 2021, 5. 4 billion rubles were spent on the same period. In total, Russian officials have decided to allocate the media this year 114.