July 21, 2016

21/07/2016: RUSSIA – SEEMO CALLS ON AUTHORITIES IN MOSCOW TO INVESTIGATE MEDIA MEMBER KILLING

Vienna, 21/07/2016

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns the killing of Andrei Nazarenko, cameraman for Russian state television, in his Moscow home.

Nazarenko, who worked for the TV channel Rossiya-1/Rossiya-24, was found shot to death in his apartment,

‘SEEMO is deeply saddened by the passing of Andrei Nazarenko, and calls on authorities in Russia to investigate the circumstances of his death.’, said SEEMO General Secretary Oliver Vujovic.

SEEMO is a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South, East and Central Europe and its press freedom work is supported by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) project, as part of a grant by the European Commission.