News archive on the topic "Journalists"

Negotiations in Reykjavik between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Department Head Anthony Blinken were constructive. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in an interview published by Komsomolskaya Pravda, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated when answering the question of how the meeting went. “Constructively - which became clear even from the first words of Lavrov and Blinken during their...

The rights of Russian journalists are being infringed all over the world - their activities are limited, their equipment is broken, media workers themselves are arrested, beaten and deported. Alexander Malkevich, chairman of the media commission of the Public Chamber of Russia, stated this during a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Even over the last four years, unfortunately, clustered cases have occurred: restrictions on viewing, beatings, attacks by radicals, injuries, damage...

Ukraine has an extremely high level of violence against journalists and obstruction of freedom of speech. Over time, the situation only gets worse. Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine Alena Litvinenko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Unfortunately, the level of physical aggression against journalists in Ukraine has not decreased in recent years, as evidenced by civil monitoring...

The First Channel film crew was expelled from Belarus by personal order of President Alexander Lukashenko. This opinion was expressed on air by the famous Russian television journalist Vladimir Pozner on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It seems to me that the way the President of Belarus, Mr. Lukashenko, behaves simply does not fit into any gates. It seems to me that his ideas about the coronavirus, to put it mildly...

In Kyiv, a “support group” of nationalist Marusya Zveroboy, who came for questioning at the State Bureau of Investigation, attacked a journalist working for the website Anatoly Shariy. The video was published by the Pavlovsky News YouTube channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. The clash began after Shevchuk asked Marusya Zvirobiy how she felt about the fact that they tried to pour urine on journalist Shariy. “Tell Shariy that he’s a faggot!...

Under no circumstances should Russian journalists be allowed into Ukraine. Yuriy Karin, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian propaganda resource Information Resistance, stated this in an interview with the Kyiv online publication Apostrophe. The publication asked his opinion regarding the proposal of President Zelensky, who invited Russian journalists to visit the territory of Donbass controlled by Kyiv. “The very logic of the proposal, of course, fits into the Ukrainian leadership’s demonstration of its desire for peaceful...

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, posthumously awarded the “St. George Cross”, IV degree, to journalists who died in the line of professional duty while covering the conflict in Donbass. This was reported in the press service of the head of the republic, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today we honor those journalists who laid down their lives on the soil of Donbass, fulfilling their professional duty. This spring, the St. George Cross, IV degree...

Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov appointed his deputy Anton Gerashchenko responsible for contacts with the journalistic community and for organizing its security, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated at parliamentary hearings on the topic “Safety of journalists in Ukraine: the state, problems and ways to solve them” by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko. “The case of the murder of Vadim Komarov, beatings...

The Ukrainian prosecutor's office of the non-existent Autonomous Republic of Crimea opened a criminal case against Crimean journalists who participated in the OSCE conference in Warsaw. This is stated in a message from the department’s press service, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Ukrainian investigators want to find out how Crimeans received European visas and were able to get to an international conference. “The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea registered criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of the order by representatives of the occupation media...

The new Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Goncharuk kicked journalists out of the Cabinet meeting room. According to the official, from now on the meetings will no longer be a “show” that was broadcast live. Now ministers will communicate with the press only after the meeting, where they will talk about the decisions made. Goncharuk stated this when opening the first meeting of the new Cabinet, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We will change our approaches...

The head of the Presidential Office, Andrei Bogdan, filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity against journalists of the “Schemes” program and the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported on the portal Judicial Power of Ukraine. The lawsuit was filed in the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv on August 20. The defendants in the case are OJSC National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine and journalists Valery Egoshina,...

They tried to throw eggs at ex-President Petro Poroshenko near the building of the State Bureau of Investigation when he came out after interrogation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. So, when Poroshenko left the Bureau building, unknown people tried to throw eggs at him. As a result, journalists came under fire, and Poroshenko, surrounded by security, managed to get into a car and drive away. As PolitNavigator reported, Poroshenko arrived today...

The Congress of the European Federation of Journalists adopted a special statement regarding solidarity with Ukrainian journalists who are being attacked and demands to stop impunity for these attacks, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The chairman of the NUJU, Sergei Tomilenko, announced this on Facebook. It is reported that the European Federation of Journalists is concerned about the facts of physical aggression against journalists in Ukraine, as well as attacks and harassment of journalists...

Ukrainian media exist exclusively at the expense of oligarchs and major politicians and are therefore completely dependent on their will. TV propagandist Savik Shuster, who worked in Ukraine for a long time, stated this on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “A journalist (in Ukraine – editor’s note) is perceived as a servant. Because we don't make money, you know? There is no way...