The death of the photographer MIA "Russia today" Andrew Stenina in the immediate vicinity of the Snow suggest to install the monument, said on Thursday Deputy head of the people's Council DND Denis Putilin.

"Yes, we intend here to establish the memorial. On the exact date, unfortunately, can not say, but I am sure that in September we will see the memorial in a school setting, which will bear the name of Andrei Stenin (school of Mining village near the town of Snow) ", - he told reporters.

Andrei Stenin went missing in the performance of editorial tasks at the beginning of August 2014 in the vicinity of the town of Snizhne in the Donetsk region, where the Ukrainian Military conducted a special operation against militias. General Director of MIA "Russia today" Dmitry Kiselev on September 3 announced the capture of data of the RF IC, indicating that the journalist died as a result of the shelling of the convoy of Ukrainian soldiers on August 6.

for courage and heroism in the performance of professional duty, Stenin was awarded the Order of Courage of the Russian Federation posthumously.

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