The Russian State TV Channel “Zvezda” journalists were to fly to Moscow the 14th of June. So they were going to Dnepropetrovsk airport through Donetsk. They passed several checkpoints of militia groups and National guards, always being connected with the editors. They were stopped near Pokrovskoye community. The connection was lost, later it was proceeded but Evgeny Davidov and Nikita Konoshenkov were not allowed to answer any questions.
Several authorities immediately hooked into the search of journalists who were kidnapped. The work was humming in Zvezda TV Channel editors office such that the same evening it became possible to spot the exact location of the reporters. The arrest was not confirmed neither by The Right Sector nor by Security Service of Ukraine.
The exact address of our journalists became the most important hint.
This is the Security Service of Ukraine former building. Now the Security Service is located on the first floor. On the second floor there are rooms of The Right Sector nationalistic movement responsible for the kidnapping.
Several hours later The Right Sector representatives get in touch with the editors office. They demand head money for our colleagues – Zvezda tv channel journalists, whom they call “bastards”.
If they do not get money they threaten to kill them.
Relatives of the kidnapped journalists also received intimidation. Here is the message: they will be in prison for 10 years. The rest is unprintable.
There is a meeting near Ukranian embassy in Moscow. The audience scan “Freedom to Journalists”. Administration, anchors and correspondents of Zvezda TV Channel hang out a banner where they ask the Ukranian President to help them to free the reporters.
Meanwhile there is a long-awaited call from our shooting crew. Evgeny Davidov carefully pronounces words, prepared for him by someone. At their own risk the journalists didn't switch off the phone during the interrogation. And later they had to pay for it. Evgeny Davidov has a partial hearing loss.
On this video we can see correspondent Evgeny Davidov with livid spots on his face who made a statement: he does not have any complaints to the Right Sector representatives who interrogate him. He says he fought with a colleague.
There is 2 hours record of interrogation. The most part is unprintable. But it let our collective to pass the record to the authorities. So that the journalists kidnap and torment would not be unpunished. There were lections, frightens and application of physical force. Obviously the purpose was only one: the journalists had to asperse themselves. But even under such pressure our colleagues were unbreakable.
Our journalist recognized one of the men who interrogated them. He is Maxim Miroshnichenko. He is a press secretary of the Right Sector. Here is his account in Facebook. 35-year old Miroshnichenko was one of the guys who tried to ensure the journalists themselves that they were lying.
For example, when they told about phosphorus bombs using by Ukraine near Slavyansk. There were hundreds of witnesses of this inhuman bombing.
There are articles in leading international issues. It seems that only the Right Sector representatives have questions about the bombs.
There are the journalists documents in the internet. There is an official accreditation of Ukrainian Central Election Commission among them. But the reporters have to sign fabricated stories in conflict with all international laws and Geneva convention.
It can be seen in the putting words together unusual for a professional journalist.
Everything is done by Kremlin order with the purpose of using this information to the damage of Ukrainian politics — is allegedly written by Evgeny Davidov. There are written evidences of sound engineer Nikita Konoshenkov. There is a sign and date at the end. The report is over.. But suddenly there is a continuation – someone wanted these words to be written.
“Besides, we went to the checkpoints, shot the Donetsk Peoples Republic representatives. Also I made unreal photos, as Moscow told me”.
How photos could be unreal? The text authors decided not to think about it. As we can hear on interrogation record, the journalist were suspected not of spying but of lying.
Under the ruse of this they were kidnapped.
Before such actions were common only for armed gangs and not for groups connected to the state!
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