The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: it is necessary to stop the illegal practice of detention of correspondents in Ukraine
The release of the correspondent of TV channel " Zvezda " Evgeny Davydov and Nikita Konashenkov in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called " the result of persistent work of all our structures with active participation and support of the Russian media." Insist that illegal practice of detention of correspondents in Ukraine shall be terminated and ensured their right to free and objective coverage of the events in this country ", - have told in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. recall that on June, 16th in Dnepropetrovsk was liberated television channel " Star ", detained on June 14 militants " Right sector " and transferred to the Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies. First in Ukraine have already been caught two other correspondents of the TV channel " Star ". After a search, conducted by the national guard under Ukraine on the way to Slavyansk, disappeared cameraman Andrei Susenkov and sound engineer Anton Malyshev. They were going to cover the inauguration of Peter Poroshenko. Later correspondents handed over to the Russian side on the international border crossing point " nehoteevka " in the Belgorod region.