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Ukrainian diplomats in Moscow are working to verify circumstances of the detention by Moscow law enforcers of UNIAN journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk, head of the consular support division of the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasyl Kyrylych told UNIAN.
"I am aware of this information. The Consul is verifying this information. As soon as I receive an official confirmation, I will immediately inform you," Kyrylych said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, a Ukrainian journalist, UNIAN correspondent Roman Tsymbaliuk was detained in Moscow along with his interviewee, a graduate student who earlier flew a Ukrainian flag over the Moscow State University dorm. Russian law enforcers seized Tsymbaliuk’s documents.
Read alsoMoscow police detain UNIAN correspondent Roman Tsymbaliuk (video)As Tsymbaliuk said in a comment to UNIAN, he had been detained following his interview with Zakhar Sarapulov, a post-graduate student at the Faculty of History of the Moscow State University, who on March 18 flew a Ukrainian flag over the University dorm on the anniversary of Crimea annexation.
Read alsoUNIAN news agency considers unacceptable detention of its employees in Russia"After we recorded the interview, Zakhar took out the flag of Ukraine, and we also filmed it. Then the police approached and started checking our IDs. As a result, the police said that we had allegedly held a rally and, probably, shouted some sort of slogans; and now we are being taken to the police station located in the building of the Moscow State University. They took away our passports and accreditation papers," Tsymbaliuk said.
The journalist states that detention is groundless. "Under Russian law, they did not have the right to detain us. We were filming in a public place, out on the street, almost in the park," he added.