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In Kiev, a journalist was beaten up on a rally against a blogger Shari

7/3/2019, 5:27:35 AM

In Kiev, Vladislav Bovtruk, a journalist for the Ukrainian edition of STRANA.ua, was beaten at a rally against the registration of the CEC of Ukraine by parliamentary candidates Andrei Klyuev, former head of the presidential administration Viktor Yanukovych, and video blogger Anatoly Sharia.


As the journalist told his publication, he was trying to photograph a scuffle that arose when one of Sharii’s supporters came to the rally with a red ball.

“I came closer to photograph this incident and immediately received a blow in the face from one of the protesters - a man of about 50 years. The blow was so strong that I fell. After that, they were still kicking me, already lying down, ”he noted.

According to him, he told the attackers that he was a journalist, but in response to this he was threatened with new beatings.

It clarifies that the victim has already written a statement to the police on the fact of the incident.

Earlier it was reported that in the Independence Square in Kiev, the last protest against the registration of the blogger Sharia deputy.

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