: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine Summons Russian Consul over Reporter’s Arrest


Ukraine on Thursday summoned the Russian consul after Moscow detained one of its state media reporters for alleged espionage.
Meanwhile populist and nationalist factions in Ukraine’s parliament pushed for the introduction of travel visas for Russians in retaliation for Roman Sushchenko’s arrest.
Russia on Monday announced the detention of Sushchenko — a 47-year-old correspondent for the Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform who is usually based in Paris — for alleged espionage.
The case has only further escalated tensions between the two former Soviet neighbors as a 29-month pro-Russian separatist war rages in eastern Ukraine that Kiev accuses Moscow of backing — an accusation …read more

Source: Al-Manar TV

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