Lavrov: the death of the VGTRK correspondent was unnecessary signal in favor of the ceasefire

The death of the VGTRK correspondent was unnecessary signal in favor to immediately stop the fire and begin to discharge the situation, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..
" We consider it unnecessary signal in favor to immediately stop the fire and begin to discharge the situation, to de-escalate the situation, to negotiate on the basis of the proposals contained in the Geneva Declaration of 17 April and the road map, current head of the OSCE, " said the Russian Minister on the results of negotiations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, RIA " Novosti ". Lavrov also said that the introduction of the military situation in the East of Ukraine will further untie hands to the Ukrainian authorities." The idea to declare martial law - I don't see how this increases the possibility of bringing to de-escalate. On the contrary, martial law is imposed in order to untie the hands of the authorities more and more to rely on another power, military power, brute force, military force to suppress the protests in the South-East, " said the Minister. Remember, VGTRK journalist Igor Korneluk on Tuesday received a serious wound near the city of Lugansk and died on the operating table. In the evening of the same day VGTRK agreed Death of engineer Anton Voloshin. The film crew was working on the front line: being very close to one of the checkpoints Between towns Metalist and peace, filmed, as Lugansk militia evacuate locals from the area mortar fire. A cameraman Viktor Denisov, who managed to escape from under mortar fire, said that the journalists were the identification marks of the media. Around midnight on Tuesday, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about the need to provide security correspondents. Poroshenko with his hand upon the request of the OSCE ordered to take proceedings of the death of Igor's. Later for a thorough investigation tried to persuade the UN security Council. At the same time, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under the criminal code according to section " Murder " on the fact of death of Igor Igor near the city of Lugansk. However, the SBU said that the deceased journalist was not allowed at the workplace, and the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev called all, though the correspondents themselves are guilty, lost his life during the shooting.


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