The consequence will understand, was the death of Russian correspondents in the Donbas a tragic accident or, as in the case of the accused in the Russian Federation Nadezhda Savchenko, lawlessness was committed deliberately or on orders over, said in an interview Last news official authorized Investigation Department (SK) Vladimir Markin.

"The investigative Committee investigated a number of cases involving the liquidation, kidnapping and detention of the Russian correspondents. The investigation is expected to understand whether their death a tragic accident, or as in the case With the same Hope Savchenko iniquities were committed consciously or pointer over ", - said Markin.

He said that currently in production RCDS are 54 criminal cases related To events in Ukraine. The overwhelming majority of them related specifically to the shelling of residential areas of Donbass, in the end, which periodically killing the locals." By the way, and we gave a legal assessment of the facts of shelling of Russian territory by the Ukrainian armed formations ", - said Markin.

since the Ukrainian authorities military operations in the South-East of the country lost his life four Russian journalist: correspondent of the Agency "Russia today" Andrei Stenin, Workers VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, the operator First channel Anatoly Klyan.

in the death of workers VGTRK Russian investigators have accused the Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko. According to the SC, as an officer of the military power of Ukraine, Savchenko June 17, 2014 near the village Metalist Luhansk region led covert surveillance and correction of artillery fire on the area of the roadblock militias LNR, where, and among them were the Russian correspondents.

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