A bullet-proof vest "Gusar-TV" is created in Russia for correspondents
The newest armor " Gusar-TV ", intended for correspondents, created in Russia, said Wednesday the Deputy chief designer of the developer company "FORT technology" Igor Sidorov.
"due to heightened global environment, more and more frequently and more often life correspondents in danger. They are a prominent target for the opposing sides of military conflicts, are not willing to cover information about the fighting. It is for this reason we have developed a bullet-proof vest "Gusar-TV" on a number of characteristics different from the uniforms of military power and of the police, "he said in the process of the round table" Modern equipment correspondents working in hot spots " in the Central house of journalists.
According to Sidorov, the new outfit of inconspicuous gray color makes the press not to stand out in the process of fighting, able to withstand up to 13 hits from a sniper rifle or missiles, flying at speeds of 1, 5 kilometers per second.
This development has already lead to great interest in professional circles - a number of leading publications have already expressed their desire to purchase these vests for their journalists, as well as among them working in the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine. One set of equipment will cost approximately 50 thousand Rubles..
for its part, the 1st Secretary of the Union of correspondents of Moscow Lyudmila Shcherbina, speaking at the opening of the event, said that Since the late 1990-ies, in the line of duty killed about 300 correspondents, four of them in the process of the civil conflict in Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian authorities military operations in the East of the country lost his life photojournalist Agency "Russia today" Andrey Stenin, the Workers VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, as well as the First channel operator Anatoly Klyan.
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