Anna Kurbatova of Russia’s Channel One is being
illegally detained by regime forces.
by ADAM
GARRIEAugust 30, 2017, 15:53
Anna Kurbatova has not been heard from since she was
kidnapped in the streets of Kiev less than 24 hours ago. Kurbatova is a
reporter from Russia’s largest broadcaster Channel One.
Channel One released the following statement about the kidnapping,
“Anna Kurbatova is kidnapped in the centre of Kiev and
we cannot contact her. Our colleague was abducted by unknown people near her
house, put in a car and taken away. According to our information, the officers
of the [Ukrainian] Security Service detained Anna Kurbatova”.
Журналист федерального канала Анна #Курбатова была похищена на территории Украины#Украина5-tv.ru/news/149803/
Ukraine has become an increasingly dangerous place for
international journalists.
In 2014, British journalist Graham Phillips was
abducted by the Ukrainian SBU while covering the Kiev regime’s war on Donbass.
After being held in dangerous conditions he had his possessions stolen and was
thrown out of the country. A fellow journalist who was abducted at the same
time as Phillips, a man called Vadim Aksyonov was savagely beaten by
forces loyal to the Kiev regime.
Other journalists in Kiev have been kidnapped and
murdered in the years since the 2014 fascist coup with many of the deaths
related to an ISIS style website called Mirotvorets which names
journalists who are considered enemies of the regime.
As I wrote in February, in The Duran
“The current fascist regime in Kiev has implemented
similar techniques. This time they are using the internet to encourage violence
and terrorism. A hateful website called Mirotvorets has been operating in
Ukraine since 2014.
The website seeks to list ‘enemies of Ukraine’ which
in reality means anyone who opposes the fascist regime. The website is
directly linked to the assassinations of former Rada member representing the no
defunct Party of regions, Oleg Kalashnikov.
The website is also blamed for the killing of writer
Oles Buzina in 2015. Both individuals had their full private addresses
published on the website shortly before they were assassinated.
In addition to listing the names and personal details
of individuals considered to be enemies of the fascist regime, the website if
filled with racist images and threatening posts about Russian people, in
addition to blasphemous tirades against the Russian Orthodox Church and its
followers.
Mirotvorets is the neo-Nazi equivalent of the various
ISIS propaganda websites that continue to blight the internet. Filled with
images glorying death, blaspheming religious people, naming targets for
assassinations and calming to be a kind of righteous death cult, apart from the
language of the website, there is no discernible difference with those which
seek to promote the ISIS agenda.
Unlike ISIS websites which western leaders often pay
lip service towards condemning, almost nothing from European and North American
leaders has been said about Mirotvorets.
This website, which I refuse to link due to its vile
and dangerous content, must be shut down. It is not a matter of free speech but
of public safety. It is nothing but a hit-list designed to radicalize people
living in Ukraine. It is an unambiguous glorification of terrorism.
Something must be said and something must be done.
Just where is the so-called ‘international community’?”
Based on the precedent of the Ukrainian regime and its
supporters murdering and torturing journalists, Anna Kurbatova’s life
could be in danger.
Russia is attempting to solve the crisis through
diplomatic channels, but if this does not work, it would be appropriate to send
an FBS contingent to Kiev to rescue the kidnapped civilian.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Ukrainian regime has
stated that Anna Kubatova is being detained by state actors and will be
summarily deported to Russia.
Kurbatova’s condition remains unknown.
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