CHARGED! Russia’s Investigative Committee Charges Nikolai Malomen With Murder of Channel One Cameraman
Russia’s Investigative Committee has charged Nikolai Malomen, a Ukrainian lieutenant, with organizing the murder of the Russian Channel One cameraman Anatoly Klyan. The journalist died in June 2014 near Donetsk, shot by Ukrainian soldiers. Of course, Ukrainian media ignored the news completely. Instead, they actively discussed a strange speech by the Minister of Information Policy, who started threatening the U.S. Ambassador and then suddenly fainted.
Dmitry Melnikov will tell you about the events in and around Ukraine.
This is the night shooting that became fatal for our colleague, cameraman Anatoly Klyan. The Investigation Committee of Russia is sure that the order to open fire on a bus with civilians in the early hours of June 30, 2014 was given by Nikolai Malomen, an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Back then, he commanded a Donetsk anti-aircraft missile regiment division. Malomen knew the bus was only carrying soldiers' mothers coming for their sons’ bodies and journalists towards the Donetsk military unit. Russian investigators found out that he gave the order to open fire for effect twice.
Svetlana Petrenko, Spokesperson of the Russian Investigative Committee: "Malomen realized that only unarmed civilians were inside the vehicle. Nevertheless, he gave orders to open fire on them twice. His subordinates made sighting shots from automatic weapons on the bus, wounding Anatoly Klyan fatally".
The bullet hit Anatoly Klyan in the stomach, and a few minutes later the cameraman died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Colonel Nikolai Malomen, who received the Order For Courage from President Petr Poroshenko after killing Anatoly Klyan, is accused in Russia of "organizing a murder collusively based on political hatred." Nikolai Malomen will be put on the wanted list at the earliest opportunity.
Meanwhile, in the center of Kiev, people burned tires and threw Molotov cocktails again. Supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili, who was expelled from Ukraine and is now in Holland, clashed with Ukrainian security forces at the entrance to the Verkhovnaya Rada. At least 14 police officers were injured during the fight with the residents of the tent camp. They have fractures and severe bruises.
The general situation in Kiev was illustrated today by the Minister of Information Policy, Yury Stets. At a forum in the presence of the American ambassador, right after warning the diplomat about some danger from Russia he was exposed to, he suddenly began choking, left the podium and fainted loudly behind the scene.
Yury Stets: "Look at Akhtem Chiygoz. He was put to prison, you're next in line".
Now, the minister is fine, but everyone is trying to figure out what the host of the forum meant when she said that the minister was sick and that it was normal for Ukraine.
Dmitry Melnikov, Vesti.