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c75ad3e6-12fa-416a-8f93-55286d814a22_cx0_cy3_cw0_w987_r1_s_r1Moscow Lefortovsky Court has arrested Ukrinform correspondent Roman Sushchenko (pictured) until 30 November.

Roman Sushchenko was detained on Friday, 30 September in Moscow following Russian media reports accusing him of "espionage".
Roman at the time of arrest was on vacation and arrived in Moscow for private purposes. Ukrinform and Anthelia Sushchenko concluded an agreement with lawyer Mark Feygin who will defend Roman Sushchenko. Roman Sushchenko is being kept in Moscow's Lefortovo prison.
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has expressed its strong protest against charges brought by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) against the Ukrainian citizen, Ukrinform correspondent in France Roman Sushchenko, who was detained in Moscow.
"We are deeply outraged by the fact that the Ukrainian journalist, who arrived in Russia to visit close relatives, was detained by the Russian authorities on far-fetched charges of ‘espionage’. We consider this as another step in purposeful policy of the Russian Federation to use Ukrainians, who are in the hands of its authorities, as political hostages in its hybrid aggression against our country," the Foreign Ministry stated.
The Foreign Ministry also noted that Roman Sushchenko is a man who "defends objectivity and freedom of speech, and this only proves that official Moscow is waging war not only against Ukraine, but against the whole democratic world for which human rights and freedom are fundamental values".

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