CAR Ambassador commented on the investigation into the murder of Russian journalists

Flowers near photos of Russian journalists killed in the Central African Republic near the House of Journalists in Moscow. Archival photoMOSCOW, Feb. 7 CAR Ambassador to Russia Leon Dodonu-Punagaza told RIA Novosti that he does not know who killed Russian journalists and when exactly the investigation will end. Earlier, the new Russian ambassador to CAR Alexander Bikantov told RIA Novosti News that, according to preliminary data, three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic in 2018 were killed by militants from the illegal armed group 3R. that he doesn't know who could have killed them, but since it happened at night, almost 200 kilometers from the capital, it is difficult to conduct an investigation. «You know, there were military groups everywhere that were operating everywhere. So it's hard to know who it was. I personally don’t know,” the ambassador emphasized. Three Russians — journalist Orkhan Dzhemal, documentary filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev and cameraman Kirill Radchenko, who worked in the Central African Republic on the order of the Investigation Management Center (TsUR ) Mikhail Khodorkovsky — were killed in the Central African Republic on July 30, 2018. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is investigating a criminal case under the article «Murder». CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra previously stated in an interview with RIA Novosti that the CAR government is making every effort to thoroughly investigate the murder of Russian journalists. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia had asked the CAR government about the situation with the investigation into the murder of three Russian journalists.Lavrov spoke about the investigation into the murder of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic