LONDON, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian journalists and compatriots living in the United Kingdom are concerned about the fate of a Rossiya Segodnya journalist, who went missing in Ukraine.
The compatriots of Andrei Stenin, who are working in London, have said they are willing to join a campaign in support of the journalist, who disappeared in southeastern Ukraine, and intend to place posters on private cars demanding to release Stenin.
On Thursday, as part of the photo exhibition "Humanitarian Disaster in Ukraine" that opened in the heart of London, Rossiya Segodnya presented Stenin’s work from the series named "Fratricide," dedicated to the lives of civilians during military operations in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Stenin went missing on August 5 while working in eastern Ukraine. Earlier this month, Anton Herashchenko, an aide to the Ukrainian interior minister, said in an interview with Baltkom radio that security forces had arrested Stenin on charges of “assisting terrorists.”
Later Herashchenko claimed he was misinterpreted, saying he only assumed the photographer had been detained but had no precise information.
A number of international organizations and press associations across the world, including OSCE, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Argentina, the Mexican Press Club and many others condemned the abduction of Stenin and demanded his immediate release.
Moreover, several international campaigns to support the Rossiya Segodnya photographer were held internationally. On Tuesday, some 100 cars took part in a flash mob in Madrid. As part of the campaign, the participants put leaflets with the hashtag «#freeAndrew» on their cars. The vehicles with the leaflets are expected to drive around Madrid and its suburbs for two days.
Please support Andrei Stenin’s release by sharing the hashtag #FreeAndrew in social networks. Andrei is a professional war photographer reporting from the most dangerous war zones in the world. You can view Andrei’s pictures from Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya here and his most recent shots from eastern Ukraine here.
