Ukraine has opened a criminal case against Director-General of the International Information News Agency Rossiya Segodnya Dmitry Kiselev, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Friday.
“An investigation is under way on charges of financing terrorism, [and] assisting terrorist activities,” Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, who heads the SBU, told reporters.
In March, the European Union included Kiselev, a prominent Russian journalist and a host of the popular television program Vesti Nedeli (News of the Week), on a list of Russians barred from travelling, owning property or banking in the EU.
Kiselev said the sanctions against him threaten the rights of journalists around the world.
“It’s the last thing to impose sanctions against journalists,” the director general said, calling the EU decision “an outspoken attack on freedom of speech” that is “contrary to fundamental European human rights laws.”
The sanctions list also featured some prominent Russian politicians that the West has accused of being involved in Crimea’s reunification with Russia. Western officials have since threatened Moscow with further sanctions.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly said that the language of the sanctions is “inappropriate and counterproductive.”
The original source of this article is RIA Novosti
Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. The Centre of Research on Globalization grants permission to cross-post Global Research articles on community internet sites as long the source and copyright are acknowledged together with a hyperlink to the original Global Research article. For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites, contact: [email protected]
www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of "fair use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than "fair use" you must request permission from the
copyright owner.
