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Kidnapped: Pro-Russian Gunmen Are Holding This U.S. Journalist Hostage
Heritage ^ | April 23, 2014 | Rob Bluey

Posted on 04/23/2014 11:00:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Edited on 04/23/2014 11:03:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

An American journalist for Vice News is being held captive by pro-Russian gunmen following his reporting on the turmoil in Ukraine.

Simon Ostrovsky had covered the conflict over Crimea for weeks and went missing Tuesday. His disappearance is the latest example of a crackdown on journalists by Russia and its supporters, prompting a warning from the U.S. State Department.

>>> Related: Russia Cracks Down on Media Freedom in Ukraine

“We call on Russia to use its influence with these groups to secure the immediate and safe release of all hostages in eastern Ukraine,” said spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who noted that such actions are in violation of a commitment by Russia and Ukraine made last week in Geneva.

A spokeswoman for the pro-Russian insurgents told the Associated Press that Ostrovsky was “suspected of bad activities.” She added, “He’s with us. He’s fine.”

Last month, a Bulgarian journalist and other reporters were held at gunpoint in Crimea. That followed the closure of Black Sea TV, Crimea’s only independent channel. Other journalists have been confronted by armed men, beaten and detained.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia
KEYWORDS: agitprop; crimea; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine
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1 posted on 04/23/2014 11:00:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I was hoping it was Chris Matthews or someone equally appalling. Oh well...
2 posted on 04/23/2014 11:05:07 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Did Biden leave already? Oh well.


3 posted on 04/23/2014 11:05:07 AM PDT by allendale
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To: defconw

Matthews is worth more to the Russians where he is.


4 posted on 04/23/2014 11:05:50 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

We have journalists! Who knew?


5 posted on 04/23/2014 11:06:06 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A member of the enemedia gets kidnapped, and we are supposed to be upset?


6 posted on 04/23/2014 11:06:21 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: 1rudeboy

Good point.


7 posted on 04/23/2014 11:06:55 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
the pro-Russian insurgents told the Associated Press that Ostrovsky was “suspected of bad activities.”

Sounds like a spy.

8 posted on 04/23/2014 11:07:30 AM PDT by McGruff (You believe what your government tells you. Don't you?)
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To: McGruff

And a bad, bad man.


9 posted on 04/23/2014 11:09:34 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: McGruff
Sounds like a spy.

You sorta sound like a spy.
10 posted on 04/23/2014 11:09:52 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Vice News?

I guess I don’t watch enough TV.


11 posted on 04/23/2014 11:10:21 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: JimRed

“Vice” is part of the enemedia?


12 posted on 04/23/2014 11:10:47 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: AppyPappy

Vice News is a Soros/CIA front. Just ask the Russians.


13 posted on 04/23/2014 11:11:30 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper
How about a prisoner exchange?


14 posted on 04/23/2014 11:12:32 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: 1rudeboy

Simon Ostrovsky has done some excellent reporting but I guess it was only a matter of time before he would be taken by gunmen from one or the other side.


15 posted on 04/23/2014 11:16:29 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: skeeter

She is such a “skilled” journo-list—this picture is proof.


16 posted on 04/23/2014 11:17:48 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Barack Hussein Obama, I mean Bush for the lib trolls out there, has made the entire world such a wonderful place. We’re all friends now. How ‘bout that first American “black” president?! Isn’t “fundamental transformation” just grand?


17 posted on 04/23/2014 11:18:27 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

These russians are so behind in the times. that’s sooooooo 80’s mindset.


18 posted on 04/23/2014 11:20:42 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

There’s more where that came from!


19 posted on 04/23/2014 11:22:01 AM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Berlin_Freeper.

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20 posted on 04/23/2014 11:33:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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