VIENNA (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, VGTRK reported that Nersesyan was deported from Ukraine. Shortly thereafter, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed the deportation, but did not provide further details on the matter.
"VGTRK correspondent T.Narsesyan deportation from Ukraine most likely of her Neo-Nazism report — Kiev violates #OSCE commitments free media," the mission's press service said on its Twitter account.
VGTRK correspondent T.Narsesyan deportation from Ukraine most likely of her Neo-Nazism report — Kiev violates #OSCE commitments free media pic.twitter.com/xFalvetHfx
— Russian Mission OSCE (@RF_OSCE) August 15, 2017
The move has already been condemned by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which called on Harlem Desir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, to pay attention to Kiev's policy toward the media and to give a principled evaluation of these actions.