Tikhon Dzyadko, the Editor-in-Chief of the Dozhd (Rain) TV Channel, made a statement, apologizing and providing clarifications regarding the idea voiced on their air from a person who identified himself as an Azerbaijani named Emin, that there was an “Armenian trace” in terrorist attack in Russia.
“I would like to say an important thing in the context of yesterday’s special broadcast of Dozhd.
Many of you may have heard a man on air yesterday who introduced himself as Crocus’ sound engineer. He stated that he allegedly heard that the attackers “spoke Armenian and used obscenities in Armenian,” and also claimed, without evidence, an “Armenian trace.” Before going on air, during a preliminary interview, this person did not say anything like that.
When we heard such unsubstantiated accusations, the broadcaster emphasized that this was unsubstantiated, we took this person off the air and cut this fragment from the broadcast. I apologize for the fact that such unsubstantiated accusations were aired on Dozhd.”
Tikhon Dzyadko wrote on his Telegram channel.
To remind, yesterday the Russian opposition TV station Dozhd invited one of the employees of “Crocus City Hall” on a special broadcast, who announced live that the terrorists allegedly “spoke in Armenian and made obscene expressions in Armenian”.
Later it was found out that this employee is an Azerbaijani by nationality.
