Simonyan on sanctions against Ukraine correspondents of the Russian Federation: the state Department to help them
Chief editor of the Agency " Russia today " and RT Margarita Simonyan not surprised possible punishments regarding Russian correspondents and said that the kidnapping, torture and murder of correspondents in Ukraine prove " deep respect to the freedom of speech ".
before Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that Ukraine will impose punishment relatively organizations and citizens of Russia that directly or indirectly support the militias in the East of Ukraine. He ordered to prepare the sanctions list. In prepared by the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, the list includes the General Director of the First channel Konstantin Ernst, General Director of VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeyev, the head of TNT, NTV, TV channel " Zvezda ", REN-TV, Life News, and the head of the city of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, who was named Chairman of the Board of Directors TVC (in fact, this position is occupied by the Vice-mayor Alexander Gorbenko). In the list got Simonyan.
" Ukraine more than once during the rule of the new democratic authorities demonstrated their devotion to the basic principles of democracy. Abductions, torture and killings of journalists of Ukraine has proved its deep respect to the freedom of speech, dissemination of information and the right to dissent. Punishment against reporters is another vivid illustration of the fact that maidanova ran exactly what fought. The state Department to help them, " said Simonyan.
Russian correspondents in their work in Ukraine face obstacles, they are often denied entry into the country, several people held captive, several authorized Russian media lost his life.
at the end of June, near the military unit in Donetsk car with media professionals LifeNews was fired from small arms. When the Employees of the TV channel left the car, he'd been hit with a grenade launcher, the car exploded. On the same day, the Operator of the Russian First channel Anatoly Clan was forcibly deprived of his life by the Kyiv security forces in Donetsk. The death of the journalist confirmed 1st Vice Premier DND Andrey Purgin. The cameraman was one of the passengers of the bus with soldiers ' mothers, who demanded the dissolution of one of the military units, He was wounded in the stomach as a result of shelling and died on the way to the hospital. Read more
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