Russian TV hostess stigmatized in Azerbaijani media for reportage covering Armenian Genocide
Some prominent representatives of Azerbaijani public and cultural figures came up with calls to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Azerbaijani media reacted extremely nervously to the high-minded initiative of their compatriots.
Following the writer Eduard Bagirov, TNT celeb Julia Ahmedova and KVN star Javid Imamverdiyev, the criticism also fell to Irada Zeynalova’s share, Russian 1 TV channel hostess. Her compatriots reproached her for not using the prefix ‘so-called’ in the comprehensive reportage covering the Armenian Genocide and for not taking a sick leave to avoid covering the topic aired by the program Voskresnoe Vremja (Sunday Time).
The Azerbaijani site Aznews.az published some Aida Eyvazova’s open letter sharply criticizing the TV hostess. “‘The worm eats the tree from the inside,’ the Russians and the Armenians beat us with our own axe,” the author of the letter writes.
According to the author of the letter, uttering the word ‘Genocide’ alone Zeynalova ‘stepped on her people’s dignity,’ and disappointed millions of her compatriots with that deed.
“Aren’t you at least ashamed of the Azerbaijanis working for the 1 Channel?! You could have avoided to utter that false and hypocritical text on that day not going to work or going on a sick leave,” the author of the letter protests highlighting that millions of Azerbaijanis criticize the TV hostess after the above-mentioned Sunday story.
The Azerbaijani outlet Vzglyad.az also covered the topic. “Of course, there are mankurts in every nation. But unfortunately, they also penetrated into our one. Following the shameful deeds of the former KVN-star Javid Imamverdiyev, TV hostess Irada Zeynalova, one more figure, if he can be called an Azerbaijani, scandalous author Eduard Bagirov decided do grovel before the Armenians,” the article reads noting that Akram Aylisli, Eduard Bagirov and Irada Zeynalova are ‘traitors of their country who have gone over to the adversary side.’
The fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 has been recognized by a number of states. The first country to do this was Uruguay in 1965, followed by the Republic of Cyprus (1975), Argentina (2004), Russia (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1999), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (1998), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004), The Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010), Bolivia (2014), Austria (2015). The Armenian Genocide has also been recognized the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches. 43 of 50 U.S. states have recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide stating April 24 as the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Parliaments of several European countries have adopted laws criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, however, denies the mass killings of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire during World War I (on the eve of World War I around 2 million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire, about 1.5 million Armenians were eliminated during 1915-1923, the remaining half million spread all over the world).
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