Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has
commented on the alleged murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kiev.
MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Ukraine is becoming a mass
grave of journalists and journalism, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova wrote on Wednesday on her Facebook page in connection with the murder
of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kiev.
"He was a professional who was not afraid to tell
different authorities at different times all that he thinks of them. He was
respected for that," she stated. "Ukraine (not the country, but the
system) is becoming a mass grave of journalists and journalism."
Prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car
bombing in downtown Kiev on Wednesday morning. Kiev’s police have preliminarily
assessed the incident as a premeditated murder.
Over the past five years, Sheremet has lived in Kiev,
working in the Ukrainskaya Pradva newspaper and as an anchorman on the Vesti
radio.
Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has ordered law
enforcement agencies to immediately investigate the case.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yury Lutsenko said that the
crime would defeintely be solved. "I will do everything I can to solve the
crime together with colleagues," he noted.
Source: ITAR-TASS 20-07-2016
