MOSCOW, Apr 2 Kiev, while tacitly ignoring relevant international structures, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary on the death of Russian military commander Vladlen Tatarsky. They are subjected to harassment, branded in the literal sense with special markings on the digital platforms of American Internet monopolies, and a «witch hunt» is organized in the Western media. All this is happening while the specialized international structures are silently ignoring, which can no longer be interpreted as conciliation , if not complicity,» the commentary on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.
Zakharova stressed that in the recent past, Western countries fought extremism and terrorism, marched as a united front in Paris in defense of journalists against whom terrorist attacks were committed. Today, the lack of response in countries such as the United States, Britain and France, given their alleged concern for the well-being of journalists and freedom of journalism, speaks for itself, said the representative of the Foreign Ministry.
On Sunday in St. Petersburg, in a cafe on Universitetskaya embankment, there was an explosion, killing one person who turned out to be war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin). According to the governor of the city, 25 people were injured, the authorities are providing all necessary assistance. As the Ministry of Health of Russia clarified, 24 people were taken to hospitals, including a teenager, the condition of six is assessed as serious. The source said that the explosive device was brought, presumably, by one of the guests of the evening, in the box there was a statuette — a gift from Tatarsky. A case has been opened under the article on murder in a generally dangerous way.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that Western countries have not conducted an investigation into any case of the violent death of a Russian journalist with the participation of Kiev.
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"Not a single case of violent death Russian journalist, which was assessed by the Kiev regime and its thugs as a «success», neither Western countries, nor international organizations, nor foreign professional communities not only conducted investigations, but did not even show elementary human sympathy,» the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.< /p>
“The reaction in Kiev is striking, where recipients of Western grants demonstrate undisguised delight because of what happened,” the ministry added. . «He was dangerous for them, but boldly went to the end, fulfilling his duty. We express our sincere condolences to his family and friends,» the ministry concluded.