"Superfluous" journalists

An online press-conference with the participation of the Minister of Ecology was meant to be an important component of the IX Civil Forum. The accreditation for eco-activists and journalists was announced two days before the event. A day before the press-conference, a WhatsApp chat was created, where to all 80  registered journalists and activists were added.

The press-conference began on November 26 at 4 PM. However, almost no  chat participant could watch it. Those who managed to get connected to the conference,  were deleted by the moderators in a few seconds. When asked to explain the reasons, the moderators said that the number of participants suddenly exceeded the limit. They added that they could not connect the other participants since the minister had already started reading his report. The rest of the chat participants were connected only when the minister finished his report, half an hour after the beginning of the press-conference. It should be noted that the entire conference lasted for 50 minutes.