Moscow demanded from Ukraine to release arrested in Kiev Russian correspondents
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called the detention of Russian journalists in Kyiv flagrant infractions by Ukraine of its international obligations to maintain the security of correspondents and asked in a persistent form immediately to let them go. "Today in Kyiv employees of the security service of Ukraine without explanation caught correspondents "First channel" Elena Makarova and Sergey Korenev and NTV Andrey Grigoriev. It is clear that these detentions are in line with recent decisions of the official Kyiv On accreditation of the Russian media in the organs of state power of Ukraine and have only one goal - to make fully exploited the information space of the country. The area of Ukraine is becoming a more dangerous place for work and life correspondents ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. First of SBU said about the fact that two journalists of the Russian channels ORT and NTV caught Kyiv police and will be deported from the country. About the detention of journalists of NTV Andrei Grigoriev employees of the SBU was announced before the official Declaration of the security service of Ukraine. It claimed that the journalist was arrested in Kiev city centre, which hosted the March organized by nationalist organization " Right sector* ". Correspondents working in Ukraine with risk to life. The main hazards are the Ukrainian army. Their actions have already lost their lives, the Workers VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, the operator First channel Anatoly Clan, Italian journalist Andy Rochelle and his translator Andrei Mironov. Was detained by Ukrainian authorities Authorized LifeNews Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Zaichenko, television "Star" - Evgeny Davydov and Nikita Konashenkov. Russian reporters many times suffered persecution in Ukraine. For example, in mid-January, the Russian television channel LifeNews said About the attack protesters in Central Kiev on their correspondents. In addition, the attack on the crew channel LifeNews it was also made in the center of Kiev on the 1st of January. * Organization, with respect to which the court made a valid conclusion About the destruction of, or prohibiting activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On counteraction to extremist activity"