Russian Foreign Minister Sergei LavrovMOSCOW, Jan 28Moscow is in favor of respecting the rights of Russian journalists everywhere, including in Belarus, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. «We are in favor of observing the rights of journalists everywhere, including in Belarus, including in any other CIS country without any exceptions. In the event that these rights are openly violated, we will continue to raise these questions,» Lavrov said in an interview with radio stations Sputnik, Ekho Moskvy, Govorit Moskva and radio Komsomolskaya Pravda. He recalled that the Foreign Ministry expressed concern over what was happening with the Komsomolskaya Pravda office in Minsk. .According to Lavrov, the Belarusian authorities are ready to open a new KP office, but for citizens of the Russian Federation to work there. to Komsomolskaya Pravda»A request … is not something transcendent,» he assessed. Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus correspondent Gennady Mozheiko was interrogated in Minsk as a suspect in October, and then a preventive measure was chosen against him in the form of detention. Mozheiko is accused under articles on inciting hatred and insulting a government official. He could face up to 12 years in prison. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Belarusian authorities are aware of Moscow's regret in connection with Minsk's attitude towards Komsomolskaya Pravda and a number of other Russian media. At the same time, Peskov noted that the Kremlin de jure cannot protect the interests of the journalist Mozheiko, since he is a citizen of Belarus. details of Mozheiko's detention
