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We have been attacked while preparing reportage about Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine – reported by BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg. The assault took place in Astrakhan in southern Russia. British broadcaster lodged a complaint in this matter to the authorities of Russia.

BBC British team investigated reports of secret burials of Russian soldiers who, as is believed, died in eastern Ukraine – Thursday portal informs BBC News.

“When left the café and approached our car, attacked us at least three violent individuals “- Rosenberg wrote on the BBC. He added that the attackers tore reporters camera, threw her to the ground, then fled substituted car.

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BBC camera operator was knocked to the ground and beaten. Later journalistic team realized that in addition someone ransacked her car. He died computer hard drive and memory card with pre-recorded material has been cleared.

British broadcaster, writes on its website daily “The Guardian”, directed a formal complaint on the matter to the authorities of Russia.

BBC journalists engaged in Astrakhan theme killed in Ukraine Russian soldiers. Now they are no longer safe in Moscow.

O ensure the safety of journalists working in Russia on Thursday called on the OSCE representative. Dunja Mijatović freedom of the press. She stressed that in Russia “dramatically” increased the number of attacks on media workers, which considered it to be unacceptable.

Russia shall not be granted

Russia did not admit to sending to Ukraine of its troops and military equipment in support of a pro-Russian separatists who from April fight with Ukrainian government forces.

Kiev szasuje that he even approx. two thousand Russian military have died so far in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russian human rights organizations say at least 200 Russian soldiers.

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This is not the first time that journalists who try to explain the circumstances of the recent deaths of Russian soldiers come into contact with aggression – writes the Russian Internet portal newsru.com. According to him, at the end of August “tituszki” (Dres acting on behalf of government) attacked journalists who came to the cemetery to the village Wybuty, circuit Pskov, near the polygon 76th Guards Airborne Division. At the cemetery, buried in secret a few soldiers of the elite, who probably died in the east of Ukraine. Journalists would like to explain the circumstances of their death .

August 29, unidentified perpetrators savagely beaten Lion Szlosberga, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Pskowskaja Gubernija”, which first reported that in eastern Ukraine killed soldiers stationed at Pskov 76th Guards Airborne Division.

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