MOSCOW. May 2 (Interfax) - Vice President of the Media Union and deputy head of the Public Chamber's commission for freedom of speech Yelena Zelinskaya has blasted the evaluation of the state of freedom of speech in Russia made by the U.S. Committee to Protect Journalists and called the report biased.

"I would not like to make any comments here because one gets the impression that they are making all their evaluations at the emotional level and we question their professionalism," she told Interfax on Wednesday, commenting on a report by the committee issued ahead of World Press Freedom Day marked on May 3.

The report relies on data collected by Freedom House in the past five years.

It says that the position of journalists has deteriorated seriously in Ethiopia, the Gambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Morocco and Thailand.

"The question arises as to how often those behind the report have actually visited the Gambia or Congo to have a true idea of developments there and compare them with us?" Zelinskaya said.

"We are perfectly aware of our own problems, we don't hide them and try to resolve them," she said.