Kiev said about the death in the area of "special operations" eleven correspondents in 2014
In the area of the punitive operation in South-Eastern Ukraine in the past year have lost their lives Eleven correspondents, said the Deputy Chairman of the Department of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of freedom of speech and information policy Sergey Vysotsky.
"11 commissioners of the media have lost their lives in the area of the antiterrorist operation ", - said Vysotsky at the "round table" on problems of insurance correspondents, reports RIA " Novosti ".
the Verkhovna Rada also said that for 2014, the social organization recorded a total of 286 cases of attacks on correspondents, 40% of them in the area of " special operations." As noted in the discussion, today, there is a need to improve the law on insurance of commissioners of the media, in the culture of insurance ", - is informed in the report are Happy. The round table addressed the Committee with an initiative to establish a working group of commissioners, the media, insurance companies, government, journalism and public trade Union organizations regarding legislative regulation of insurance correspondents. Correspondents working in Ukraine with risk for life. The main source of danger for them were Ukrainian troops. From the actions of the security forces have lost their lives Workers VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, the operator First channel Anatoly Klyan, Italian journalist Andy Rokkelli and his translator Andrei Miron, as well as the photographer MIA "today Russia" Andrey Stenin. Remember also, on March 19, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin declared a personal boycott of Russian media. On the same day it was announced that the Russian journalist of "5th channel" Leonid Muraveva expelled from the territory of Ukraine and barred him from entering the country for 5 years. on 5 March, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine has suspended the accreditation of the Russian media. In addition, subjected to harassment and Ukrainian press. On March 12, the Russian foreign Ministry said that Ukraine continues the hunt for dissidents and journalists.
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