83 Russian journalists banned to enter Ukraine

The Ukrainian Security Service has forbidden 83 Russian journalists to enter the country, assistant to the SBU chief Markian Lubkivskji reports.

According to him, 10 Russian journalists have been deported back to Russia and 73 have not been allowed to enter Ukraine, Radio Liberty reports. The decision to make them personae non gratae was made on the basis of additional information about the actions of every Russian journalist, Lubkivski noted.

SBU forbade 35 Russian journalists to enter Ukraine earlier.

According to Lubkivski, the main Russian TV channels like First Channel, Russia 24, NTV, RTR, the newspapers Izvestiya, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Msocovski Komsomolets, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Kommersant, Vzglyad, the information agencies RIA Novosi, ITAR-TASS, Rosbalt and the Internet TV channels LifeNEWS and ANNANews are making anti-Ukrainian propaganda.