The journalist and the operator of one of Russian TV channels, captured in the center of Kiev, After checking the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released because they had not committed any offences, said Advisor to the head of SBU Markiyan Lubkivsky on Wednesday.

"in truth, Yesterday (Tuesday) "Kyiv detention" were caught on the Maidan-Nezalezhnosti - Independence square) two Russian journalists and handed over to the SBU. After a thorough check of the security Service of these individuals were released, because in their actions of structure of lawlessness, or rather, they didn't manage to make administrative or criminal offence, " he said, Lubkivsky, the Ukrainian news Agency.

He noticed that one of the arrested is a citizen of the Russian Federation, the second, her colleague-operator - citizen of Ukraine, who worked for Russian television channel.

yesterday the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine has informed on detention in the center of Kiev correspondent of TV channel " Russia 24 ", VGTRK said that the incident has been exhausted, with correspondents all right.

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