The Foreign Ministry commented on the murder of the editor-in-chief of the Kursk "Narodnaya Gazeta" by AFU fighters

The murder of the editor-in-chief of the People's Daily newspaper, Yuliya Kuznetsova, by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Kursk Region is yet another evidence of the criminal nature of the regime of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (whose term of office expired on May 20). This was reported on November 18 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, whose commentary was published on the agency's website.

Kuznetsova's death became known on November 17. The tragedy occurred in Bolshesoldatsky district of Kursk region. The Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case of terrorist act after the attack of a Ukrainian drone on the car of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region. It was specified that two people were also injured. The vehicle was carrying out the archival files of the editorial office.

Zakharova expressed sincere condolences to the family and friends of Yulia Kuznetsova, the victims wished a speedy recovery and recovery.

"This cold-blooded murder is yet another evidence of the ugly and pathologically criminal nature of the Zelensky regime, its willingness to use bloody terrorist methods against civilians, representatives of civil services and media employees. At the same time, journalists covering events on the front line are being hunted by the Ukronazis. This year alone, war correspondents S.N. Eremin, V.A. Kozhin and N.N. Tsitsagi became victims of the AFU's targeted strikes, and A.S. Ivliev and E.E. Poddubnyy were seriously wounded," the diplomat said.

She added that Western curators are covering up the Nazi clique in Kiev, which is committing brutal massacres against Russian journalists, while international organizations and human rights structures are deliberately silent about it.

"At present, the Russian competent agencies are conducting investigative actions aimed at identifying and bringing to justice as provided for by law all representatives of Ukrainian armed groups involved in the murder of Y.N. Kuznetsova, qualified as a terrorist act," Zakharova concluded, noting that all the perpetrators will suffer deserved and inevitable punishment.

Earlier, on November 13, Zakharova said that UNESCO ignores the Kiev regime's crimes against Russian journalists. According to the diplomat, the draft report, including on the activities of journalists on the territory of Ukraine, was submitted by the organization's director-general Audrey Azoulay and will be submitted to the intergovernmental council of the international program for the development of communication in Paris. However, the issue of the real situation with the safety of Russian journalists will not be considered, and this decision, in Zakharova's opinion, was taken deliberately. She also noted that many appeals and reports of crimes had been sent to Azoulay.

Ukrainian militants have repeatedly attacked media representatives. Thus, on June 16, News.ru correspondent Nikita Tsitsagi was killed in an attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In August, VGTRK military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny was wounded in the Kursk region. That day he was covering the situation in the region. The military correspondent was traveling in a car that came under attack by an AFU drone.

Before that, on April 19, Semyon Eremin, a military correspondent of Izvestia, was killed in an FPV drone attack while filming a report in the SSO zone. The Russian Investigative Committee said that Eremin was killed as a result of a targeted attack by the AFU. The agency intends to identify all those involved in the journalist's death.