The state Duma has observed a minute of silence in memory of victims in Ukraine of Russian correspondents
Speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin asked in a persistent form from the Kyiv authorities to investigate the death of workers VGTRK and punish the perpetrators, deputies at the plenary meeting honoured the memory of the victims of correspondents minute of silence.
" We demand from the Kiev authorities thorough investigation of the circumstances of their death and criminal recompense the guilty ", Naryshkin said, opening the plenary meeting on Wednesday, RIA " Novosti ". He said that on behalf of all the people's representatives expresses condolences to families and friends, colleagues of the killed journalists. Naryshkin asked the deputies to honor the memory of victims by a minute of silence." Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin honestly performed your duty, the duty of correspondents and duties of citizens ", - said the speaker of the state Duma. According to him, in support of today need all of the reporters who tell the truth about events and developments in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. 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.
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