The Commissioner of the OSCE condemned the search in the office of the Kyiv newspaper " Vesti "
Search employees of the SBU in the Ukrainian newspaper " Vesti " in Kiev concern, said the OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic, said in a press release from the organization. " I urge the Ukrainian authorities to refrain from any action aimed at intimidating the media and the obstruction of their work. Concern about national security issues in connection with the current situation in Ukraine should not justify disproportionate pressure on freedom of expression and the media, " said Mijatovic, the words which are on the Internet office of the OSCE, RIA " Novosti ". Print edition of " News " is almost the biggest in the country, is holding " Media investgroup ", which also owns television channel UBR, printed illustrated edition " News. Reporter " and " Radio News ". As stated before, free releases in the morning on the last working day of the week still were distributed to everyone. However, in the stalls of the press said that the recent issues with the dawn not imported. This is not the first searches in the newspaper, the previous were bound, Under the assumption authorities of tax evasion. Before the representative of 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 Ukrainian newspaper " Vesti ", as well 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 head of the Union of correspondents Russia (Nepomnyashchy) Vsevolod Bogdanov said that the shares of the Kiev special services associated with dissatisfaction with the official authorities and insubordination edition of the government. SBU on Thursday Raided the editorial Board of the Kyiv newspaper " Vesti ". The editor-in-chief edition Igor Guzhva said that the security of the state " sew " correspondents case under the criminal code in accordance with paragraph " encroachment on the territorial integrity "