People walk past a building where the Kiev office of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency are housed. — AFP photo
KIEV: Ukraine’s state security service searched the Kiev offices of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency and TV channel RT yesterday, after detaining one journalist near his home, officials said.
The searches took place in a context of extremely strained relations between Moscow and Kiev ever since Russia seized Crimea in 2014 and was accused of fuelling a rebel conflict in eastern Ukraine that has cost some 10,000 lives.
The raids and detention came on the day when Russian President Vladimir Putin …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
