Foreign Ministry condemns attack on Russian journalists in Kiev – Russian newspaper

The attack on the television crew Lifenews in Kiev is another flagrant persecution in Ukraine media representatives. This was on his Facebook page wrote the deputy director of the Information Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

“A new attack on Russian journalists – another glaring fact of persecution in the Ukraine media representatives carrying out their professional activities, the manifestation of gross violation of the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and official inaction of the Ukrainian authorities, withdrew from the safety of journalists,” – Zakharov said.

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It is hoped that, in spite of the New Year holidays, the international journalistic community, human rights activists, and representatives of international organizations responsible for compliance with the freedom of speech, not only fix, but will give a proper assessment of the attack on our journalists. Zakharov considers it important to have had their say and anti-fascist organizations.

“We are talking not about some dangerous neo-Nazi tendencies in the center of Europe, and the specific activities in form and content copying Nazi tradition. Silence in this case is an act of compromise,” – she wrote.

Let us recall that in the evening on January correspondent for LifeNews Joan Karpenko and the operator of the crew was beaten by masked thugs during a torch procession of supporters of the party “Freedom” in Kiev.

“At a correspondent channel LifeNews Joan Karpenko and its operator attacked during the torch procession in the Ukrainian capital. The unknown person who is hiding masks, journalist and pushed away her phone, then took away a camera operator Alexander Ulyanov and set up equipment, “- said channel LifeNews.