The Ukrainian authorities demand unerring fashion release of the detained in Russia Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, Vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the Commissioner of Kiev in the humanitarian sub-group Irina Gerashchenko.
"Shocked by the news About the detention in Russia of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko? Expect an immediate statement from the OSCE and MS Mijatovic (the OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic), from COE Secretary General Yangland (Secretary-General of the Council of Europe thorbj?rn Jagland), from other agencies, which are obliged to protest against the arrest of Ukrainian journalist by the Russian Federation on trumped up charges of espionage. The Ukrainian government requires unerring fashion release of the journalist ", ? wrote Gerashchenko in Facebook.
She also said that often intersect with Sushchenko for work during trips to France and called it " smart, professional journalist ". For his part, the lawyer mark Feigin, representing the desire of the Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, on the first day of the week confirmed to RIA "Novosti" his detention." Yes, my client is in Lefortovo prison, but because prison is the draw, which counsel will have the opportunity to go to the consumers, and carried it in the last working day of the week, and I arrived to Lefortovo tonight, but today I'm hardly going to get. How in such circumstances to protect their customers is unclear ", Greg said Feigin. About the detention in Russia of the journalist of Ukrainian news Agency "UKRINFORM" Roman Sushchenko said a member of the Moscow Public oversight Commission (POC) of the capital of Russia Zoya Svetova. In her expressions, he is placed in jail Lefortovo. According to her, arrested Sushchenko Lefortovo court of the capital of Russia's accusations, according to paragraph 276 of the criminal code " Espionage ". As members of the POC are forbidden to have caught out the circumstances of their detention and Details of the criminal case, they are unable to know the essence of the charges. As the press-Secretary of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Marian Betz, the Ministry is working on the question of the admission of the Ukrainian consuls to Sushchenko. The head of the Ministry of information policy of Ukraine Yuriy stets said that the Ministry is monitoring the situation around journalist, for example, the legal Department of the Ministry collects data in relation to the circumstances and the reasons for the detention.

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