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OSCE is concerned about complications the Russian journalists face visiting Ukraine, according to the message of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Mass Media Harlem Desir, RIA Novosti informs.
He has noted that the case of Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky is in the center of his attention and he closely follows the development of this situation. OSCE representative promised to support Russia protecting rights of the Russian journalists in Ukraine.
Desir reminded that he mentioned this at the day when the editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti-Ukraine was detained. He called Kiev and police for avoiding actions leading to infringements of rights and freedoms of the mass media.
Representative of OSCE expressed hope that the fruitful cooperation with Russia would continue in future.
Note that the editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti - Ukraine was detained in May 2018. In case he is found guilty in court, the journalist might be put in prison for 15 years. Vyshinsky has mentioned that official Kiev just needed another victim or an exchange object.
At present, Ukraine occupies a leading position among other countries on rates of intimidating and discriminating the journalists, according to Ricardo Gutierrez, heading the European Federation of the Journalists. Another honorable place belongs to Ukraine as a leading country where journalists get arrested.
Russkiy Mir
