The security service of Ukraine suspect the chief editor of the Transcarpathian newspaper " workers ' and peasants ' truth " in the " separatism ", because the materials are " signs of incitement of ethnic hatred and attacks on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, informs on Tuesday, the press service of the Ministry reported.

" according to experts, published by the materials create a negative image of Ukraine, national humiliate the honor and dignity of Ukrainians and the individual commissioners of national minorities have the opportunity to help inciting ethnic hatred and hatred ", - informs the Ministry. The SBU opened a criminal case under article " encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, combined with inciting ethnic or religious hatred " and " violation of equality of Citizens based on their race, ethnicity, religious beliefs ". The circulation of the newspaper selected in the form of a real confirmation. SBU together with the Prosecutor's office initiates cancellation of the registration of the newspaper.

This is not the 1st case of excitation of criminal cases against reporters in Ukraine. So, in September, the chief editor of the country's largest newspaper " Vesti " said SBU conducts a search in editorial offices and " sew " correspondents case under the criminal code in accordance with paragraph " encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine ". Authorized by the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the issues of human rights, democracy and rule of law Konstantin Dolgov said that the searches in the office of the newspaper as a ban on broadcasting fifteen Russian TV channels are the next step Kiev authorities to blocking unwanted media and the battle with dissent.

The OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic has called on the Ukrainian authorities " to refrain from any action aimed at intimidating the media and the obstruction of their work ". By her expression, " the concern about national security issues in connection with the current situation in Ukraine should not justify disproportionate pressure on freedom of expression and media ".

Moscow many times urged the international community to strongly affect Kiev to end the practice of impeding the work of the correspondents in Ukraine.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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