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RFE/RL: Russian charges Ukrainian journalist with espionage

Published Oct. 7, 2016 at 4:51 pm

Ukrainian journalists hold placards depicting their colleague Roman Sushchenko during a protest to call for the release of a Ukrainian journalist detained in Moscow for spying, on October 6, 2016 in front of Russian embassy in Kyiv.

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Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who was detained in Russia on Sept. 30, has been charged with espionage.

Sushchenko’s lawyer, Mark Feigin, told TASS on October 7 that his client was officially charged with espionage, adding that Sushchenko pleaded not guilty.