The actions of the leader of " Radical party of Ukraine Oleg Lyashko regarding the shooting crew of Russian TV channel RTR, which he was expelled from Parliament, are a political provocation, aimed at maintaining the image of a radical policy, said the acting head of the National Union of journalists of Ukraine Sergey Tomilenko.

on the last working day of the week Lyashko asked in a persistent form from the crew of the editorial certificate and accreditation in the Verkhovna Rada. Employees of the TV station had provided him with an accreditation card, which the people's choice. However, he said, depriving them of their accreditation in the Parliament, accused of " Russian espionage and in a lie ". Then Lyashko pushed operator and a journalist from the premises of the Parliament.



" I think that the action of the Deputy of a political provocation. For Lyashko is maintaining its image radical politics, radicalism, which gave him such support (in the elections of the President of Ukraine - editor), " said Tomilenko Last news on the last working day of the week.

Lyashko at the last extraordinary elections of the President of Ukraine took the third place, gaining 8, 32% of the vote. For the last period of time, the cases of refusal of the Russian reporters at the entrance to Ukraine. The Russian authorities many times expressed indignation on this issue, considering it a limitation of the freedom of speech and demanding to stop such practices.

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