Feygin: Kremlin launched an information campaign against Sushchenko

Mark Feygin, a lawyer of the Ukrainian Roman Sushcneko, told that the Russian Federaton launched a discrimination campaign against the journalist. Roman Sushcnehko was arrested in Moscow on September 30.

This was informed by the “Ukrinform”. 

“Now we clearly see a Kremlin’s campaign against Roman. She is in Russia, the West understands, but there are some unpleasent details. The situation mostly disturbes Ukraine”, – said the lawyer. 

According to him, the case in not even in the provocative statement of the Opposition Block, which uses the presumption of innocence not towards its citizen, but the FSB. It disturbes, because a Kremlin message “No, the case is black, there is something there” spreads quickly. 

“In the meantime, FSB did not give any evidence of his guilt. A stress is on the information field. But this, unfortunately for us, brings some success too”, – explained Feygin. 

In Russia, said Feygin, a special attention is made on the disseminasion of this message via the pro-Kremlins human rights activists, who are financed by the Kremlin grants. 

“We will have to work hard not only on the legal, but also on the informational field. Russian authorities has a clear task to have at least neutrality from civil society in the “case of Sushchenko”. We have to change the situation and not let them to win”, – concluded Feygin. 

The correspondent of the news agency “Ukrinform” Roman Sushchenko was arrested in Moscow on September 30 when he arrived in personal affairs. On October 2, Russian media informed that Sushchenko in in “Lefortovo” prison and is accused of “espionage”. 

On October 1, the Lefortovo court of Moscow arrested him for 2 months. 

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine declared from Russia to “immediately” release Sushchenko. 

Ukrainian civil organizations consider that the arrest of Sushchenko is a offensive against the freedom of speech and call on Ukrainian government and international society to protect political prisoners in Russia. 

An international organization “Reporters without frontiers” appealed to Russia “immediately and certainly” release the journalist.