Ukraine on Wednesday released a Russian state media journalist pending his trial for “high treason”, as the two countries discuss potential prisoner swaps.
Kyrylo Vyshynsky, a journalist at Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, was released on condition that he stay in the country and appear for his trial, his lawyer Andriy Domansky told AFP.
Vyshynsky said during the televised hearing that “finally the court has taken a fair decision in my case”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that “we at the Kremlin welcome the decision.”
Russia decried the Ukrainian journalist’s arrest in May last year. President Vladimir Putin granted him Russian citizenship …read more
Source:: Gulf times
