The Federation Council called on international organizations to condemn the murders of Russian journalists

The Federation Council Commission has appealed to international organizations to condemn the killings of Russian journalists in the war zone. This was announced on March 27 by the head of the Federation Council Commission on information policy Alexei Pushkov.

"We have sent appeals to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay and OSCE Representative on Freedom of Speech Jan Bratu," he told TASS.

Pushkov stressed that all international organizations should actively protect the rights and lives of journalists. He also added that according to international humanitarian law, correspondents are considered civilians, and crimes against them should be treated as war crimes.

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On March 24, Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak was killed in a special operation zone. He worked in the Luhansk People's Republic and the Kharkiv region. Fedorchak's latest report on the situation in the Kupyansk area aired on March 23. A memorial was erected in the Izvestia News Center building as a sign of mourning for the deceased correspondent.

At the same time, on March 24, Andrey Panov, a cameraman for the Zvezda TV channel, and Alexander Sirkeli, the driver of the film crew, died in the special operation zone. They worked on the same set with Fedorchak. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case into the deaths of journalists.

On March 26, it became known that Anna Prokofieva, a military correspondent for Channel One, was killed while performing her professional duty in the Belgorod Region, and cameraman Dmitry Volkov was also injured.