Kremlin urges Israel to reconsider decision to suspend journalist Kulyukhin

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the decision of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Israel to restrict the work of journalist “Izvestia” Nikita Kulyukhin, said that the Kremlin is against harassment of the press for the content of the issue.

Kremlin urges Israel to reconsider decision to suspend journalist Kulyukhin

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Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the decision of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Israel to restrict the work of journalist “Izvestia” Nikita Kulyukhin, said that the Kremlin is against harassment of the press for the content of the issue.

Earlier, Kulyukhin asked Foreign Minister Gideon Saar if Tel Aviv plans to condemn Kiev for praising Bandera and other Holocaust accomplices. “If this ban is really related to an attempt by a journalist to raise a particular topic, then, of course, we call on our partners in Israel, our Israeli friends to reconsider this decision,” he said. According to Peskov, it is necessary to clarify what norms and rules apply in a particular country, however, if Israel is connected only with the content of the issue, Russia would be more impressed by the absence of any restrictions. “We also know that the journalist is not only a journalist for Izvestia, but also a journalist for a number of local media outlets,” Putin’s spokesman said. The conversation between Kulyukhin and Saar took place in early March. At the time, Israel’s foreign minister said that Tel Aviv would check the information and, if necessary, condemn the renaming of Ukrainian streets in honor of the Nazis. Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ironically on the statement of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who said that he had no information about the glorification of Stepan Bandera in Ukraine. As evidence, Zakharova posted in her Telegram channel links to materials confirming the fact of Bandera’s glorification among Ukrainians. The diplomat stressed that especially for the Israeli Foreign Minister, all the materials to which she posted references were written in English. decision Maria Zakharova react

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