Russia reports dead of arrested journalist (27)
Sad news from Russia for the parents of a young Ukrainian journalist
Russian authorities have told the parents of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna (27) that their daughter has died. As always with these suspicious deaths of opponents of the regime in Russia, it is not clear what exactly happened. The young woman was in jail in Russia and is said to have died when she was transferred from the city of Taganrog to Moscow.
The Ukrainian journalist disappeared in August 2023 in a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine. In May 2024, Russia finally admitted that it was holding her captive. Now she is said to have died when she was transferred to another prison.
Roshchyna reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andri Yusov reports that Roshchyna was actually on the verge of release. After all, she would be exchanged at the next prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. Before that, she would be transferred to a detention center in Moscow. But during that move she allegedly died under unclear circumstances.
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