The round-table discussion “The role of the mass media in preservation of the interethnic (international) stability in Samara Region” was held on January, 17. Journalists, editors of the key Samara Region sociopolitical periodicals and the representatives of the law machinery took part in the work of the round-table. The “Samara Region Mass Media Charter of professional occupation principles aimed at preservation of the interethnic stability in Samara Region” was taken according the initiative of the regional Journalist Union.