Lost in the East of Ukraine, Russian journalist Igor Korneluk had no Permit to work in Ukraine, informs the SBU, transmits television channel " Ukraine ".
at the same time the need for accreditation in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, allowing to work in the country, for the correspondents abolished in 2011, emphasizes RIA " Novosti." Permission to work in the square of Ukraine Korneluk not received ", - stated the TV channel the press-Secretary of the security service of Ukraine Maryna Ostapenko. Moreover, now the Russian correspondents to work in Ukraine accreditation is not required. Adjustments in the legislative information act, according to which the accreditation at the foreign Ministry, allowing to work in the square of Ukraine, are no longer needed, entered into force may 9, 2011. As previously stated, these Changes were intended to equate the rights of foreign and Ukrainian authorized mass media. At the end of April it was announced that the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine is considering the question of the return of accreditation for Russian correspondents wishing to work in the square of the country. However, as a result of return of accreditations to date has not been announced. Remember, VGTRK journalist Igor Korneluk received a serious wound near the city of Lugansk and died on the operating table. Later VGTRK agreed death of another journalist Anton Voloshin, the fate of which until recently remained unknown. Correspondents VGTRK worked on the front lines. Being very close to one of the checkpoints between towns Metalist and peace, filmed, As Lugansk militia evacuate locals from the area mortar fire. A cameraman Viktor Denisov, who managed to escape from under mortar fire, said that the journalists were the identification marks of the media. Around midnight on Tuesday, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about the need to provide security correspondents. Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday evening at the request of the OSCE ordered to take proceedings to death under the Lugansk journalist of " Vesti " Igor Igor. Before, Investigation Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under the criminal code according to section " murder " on the fact of death of Igor Igor near the city of Lugansk. Yesterday stated that close Slavyansk Donetsk under fire hit photographer RIA " Novosti " Andrei Stenin, a freelance worker videoamanda Ruptly Russian RT Andrew and getting settled at the Journalists of the newspaper " Komsomolskaya Pravda " Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin. In may about Slavyansk under mortar fire came a group of foreign correspondents, because of this Italian journalist Andy Rockelli and his translator Andrei Mironov lost his life, and French photographer William Rogulin injured.

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