MEP: Kiev is obliged to revise the opinion on sanctions against correspondents
The head of the parliamentary group in the European Parliament Rebecca harms criticized Ukrainian authorities for the decision to include in the sanctions list of several Russian and Western journalists.

The head of the parliamentary group in the European Parliament Rebecca harms criticized Ukrainian authorities for the Decision to include in the sanctions list of several Russian and Western journalists.
"The decision to impose a ban on reporters entering and transmitting data from Ukraine and about Ukraine is wrong," said harms." Freedom of expression is an essential condition of democracy. Leader Poroshenko made a big mistake. This Decision should be immediately corrected, " said the MEP, reports Deutsche Welle in her expressions, the leadership of Ukraine is obliged to understand that criticism and the possibility besprepjatstvenno Express a different opinion are part of any democratic culture. Rebecca harms incessantly visited Ukraine and is closely watching the development of the political system of the country and its relations with Russia and the EU. Before the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian authorities recognise illegal the Decision of Ukraine to correspondents include in the sanctions list, as It is not consistent with the principles of freedom of speech. In addition, the Commissioner of the OSCE on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic has addressed to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to exclude correspondents from the sanctions list. Then, the Minister of information policy of Ukraine Yuriy stets said that he has initiated in the Council of national security and defense edit list of correspondents, which have imposed sentences Kiev.
remember, Tuesday on the Internet representation of the President of Ukraine announced the list of natural and legal persons, placed under Ukrainian punishment in connection with the events in Crimea and in the Donbass. In the list of individuals √ 388 people, and among them, the Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, head of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin, the Head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, the Russian singer, people's Deputy of the state Duma Joseph Kobzon, Russian presidential Advisor Sergei Glazyev, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov, the leader "Fair Russia" Sergey Mironov, the head of the Ministry Alexander Tkachev. Similarly, in the sanctions list includes all 19 judges of the constitutional court of Russia. In addition, there are on the list 3 judge of the Basmanny court of the capital of Russia involved in the case of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko: Artur Karpov, Pavel Melekhin, Natalia mushnikov?. In the list was Authorized by the media, including the chief editor of the newspaper VIEW Alexey Sarabski. Similarly, the list included the General Director of the Russian international Agency "Russia today" Dmitry Kiselev, chief editor of magazine "the expert" Valery Fadeev, head of the media holding "Star" Alexey Pimanov and several other Russian and foreign correspondents.