Lost correspondents VGTRK posthumously awarded the order of Courage
The head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin has awarded the victims of the VGTRK correspondent Igor Igor And Anton Voloshin orders of Courage posthumously, said 1st Deputy head of the presidential administration Alexei Gromov.
The President of Russia signed a decree on awarding the victims in Ukraine correspondent, he said at the event farewell to Igor Igor.
" Currently, tens And hundreds of Russian correspondents working in Ukraine, risking their lives. No one has left And doesn't want to leave, as they perform a very important mission: to declare the truth. And that they are saving hundreds And thousands of lives. Leader signed a decree on awarding the guys with orders of Courage, and we shall remember them always, because it cannot be otherwise ", - quoted expression Gromov RT.
the journalist of " Vesti " Igor Korneluk And video engineer Anton Voloshin were killed by mortar fire near the villages of Metalist And Peaceful near the city of Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic Vasily Nikitin said that aimed fire from mortars led the national guard under. The Ukrainian side is their version of the incident was not during the day. First of murder of the correspondent has recognized illegal in the United Nations And other international, non-governmental And human rights organizations.
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