Earlier on Monday, Lavrov expressed his concern whether the OSCE was unbiased. He said that Dunja Mijatovic's description of restrictions imposed by Kiev on Russian journalists was insufficient to represent the entire problem.
"I must say I find it quite surprising that Minister Lavrov decides to comment on a statement made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media at the regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, not least since my office was the only international organization that raised the issue of the recent restrictions imposed on Russian journalists in Ukraine. I wonder on which parameters that could be considered as biased," Mijatovic said in an email to RIA Novosti.
On February 12, the Ukrainian parliament made a decision to strip Russian news outlets of accreditation in Ukraine's government agencies. A list of media outlets that fell under the ban was not provided.
The freedom of the media in Ukraine has been repeatedly violated since the military confrontation between Kiev forces and Donbas independence supporters started in April 2014. Several international journalists have been abducted, tortured and killed during the hostilities.
