26.04.2014 - 13:58 [ RT ]

Russian news crew abducted by security service in Ukraine and deported to Russia

On Thursday, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported that a producer working for Russia’s NTV channel, Belorussian national Stepan Chirich, was detained in the city of Pershotravensk in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Chirich currently remains in custody, after being accused of bringing an undeclared video camera into Ukraine. A Ukrainian cameraman from the city of Lugansk who accompanied Chirich also remains under arrest.