The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation considers it possible that Andrei Stenin was the victim of an attack
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation considers it possible that the photo correspondent of " Russia today " Andrei Stenin could become the victim of the attack, taking into account the common practice in Ukraine detention correspondents.
" given the widespread in Ukraine the practice of detention and abduction of media workers, do not exclude that an experienced Photographer, could become a victim of a malicious attack ", - reported in the notes to the Deputy Director of Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova, released on Tuesday.
the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation tried to convince the Kiev authorities without delay take all necessary steps to find and release Stenina, but mainly as a whole to provide safe rules work for acting own professional duty Ukraine Russian and foreign media. According to Zakharova, disappearance Stenina is a growing concern.
Photojournalist " Russia today " Andrei Stenin, who worked in Donetsk, Slavyansk and other cities of Eastern Ukraine, does not communicate with the 5th of August. An informed source told Last news that the journalist was seized by Ukrainian law-enforcers and inaccurate data that is placed in the security service of Ukraine in Kiev. However, the management of the SBU in the Zaporozhye region claimed that he had not detained fotokor and that in their region there is no any captured authorized Russian media.