The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation insists on the release of Kiev RT correspondents and Anna-News
Journalist Russia Today Graham Phillips and Operator news Agency Anna-News, according to the available data, are captured by Ukrainian law-enforcers of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation insists on their immediate release, told on Wednesday in the Russian international Ministry.
" on the night of 22 to 23 July, four correspondents, and among them a freelance journalist " Russia Today ", a subject of the Queen Graham Phillips and Operator of the news Agency " Anna-News " disappeared in the combat area in the East of Ukraine. According to available data, they are captured by the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies ", - reported in the notes of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
While the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation insists on the immediate release of journalists ".
" Another deliberate provocation of the Ukrainian authorities on the independent international correspondents shows continuation of already ongoing official Kyiv campaign against commissioners of those media, which, fulfilling professional duty, they lifted up their voice in favor of lighting true information about real events in the East of Ukraine, on the availability of casualties among the peaceful residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions in the punitive operations of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies ", - stressed in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
at the end of June, near the military unit in Donetsk car with media professionals LifeNews was fired from small arms. When the Employees of the TV channel left the car, he'd been hit with a grenade launcher, the car exploded. On the same day, the Operator of the Russian First channel Anatoly Clan was forcibly deprived of his life by the Kyiv security forces in Donetsk. The death of the journalist confirmed 1st Vice Premier DND Andrey Purgin. The cameraman was one of the passengers of the bus with soldiers ' mothers, who demanded the dissolution of one of the military units, he was wounded in the stomach as a result of shelling and died on the way to the hospital. Read more