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WASHINGTON, March 12 – RIA Novosti. American PR agency Ketchum will no longer constitute Russia in the US and the EU, according to professional edition PRWeek citing a statement Ketchum.
“Ketchum is no longer representative of the Russian Federation in the United States and Europe, with the exception of our office in Moscow”, – said in a statement Ketchum. In this case, Ketchum said that his partner Gplus company will continue to work with Russia on the terms of the contract. Both companies belong to the PR industry giant American Omnicom.
Commentary Ketchum RIA Novosti has not yet.
The company Ketchum received almost $ 23 million from Russia since 2006-2012, and $ 17 million from the company “Gazprom”, writes PRWeek. According to documents filed in Ketchum US Department of Justice, during 2014 the company continued to be the representative of Russia and OAO “Gazprom export”. Back in July, the company told about the BRICS summit on behalf of Russia in the pages of New York Times and other countries, but in November to work with Russia to stop. For the six months ended in November 2014, Ketchum has received 773,000 dollars through its division in the UK. During the same six months the company did not report to work with “Gazprom”. In the previous half-year ending 31 May 2014, the company earned a contract with Russia for more than $ 1.5 million. Against the background of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West agency Ketchum often under attack for his work with Moscow.
In September last year, a spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov told the publication Forbes, the Kremlin ponders whether to cooperate with Ketchum on or “pause”. Then Peskov said that in a “blatant propaganda” by the US and NATO traditional communication services become useless.
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