Vasil Shaykhrazyev urges regional journalists to keep pace with the trend

Vasil Shaykhrazyev, chairman of the Milli Shura of the World Tatar Congress, opened a meeting with regional journalists by thanking them and saying the Congress is ready to help solve problems arising in the regions. He said readership has declined, paper is disappearing and social networks are changing the world. Newspapers, he said, must move forward without falling behind the trend.

He urged editors and staff to work together and to report on the autonomy's activities every week. Distribution problems were also raised. Galiya Safarzhanova, chief editor of the Bashkortostan newspaper Dilafruz, said she had received reports that postal branches had been told not to accept subscriptions to her paper. Radis Nogmanov, chief editor of the Omet newspaper, said Pushkin Card funds could be used for subscriptions.

Shaykhrazyev said the Congress would keep these issues under its control and seek solutions with Tatarstan's leadership, State Duma deputies and regional officials. He also noted that next year will be declared the Mintimer Shaymiev Year in Tatarstan.