Annual Report 2008: Ukraine
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
16 April 2008
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Russia recently admitted detaining Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing while reporting from Russian-occupied territory in August 2023.
While Ukraine was at first quick to unite in the face of Russia’s armed aggression, the climate of trust between officials and independent media seems to have seriously deteriorated over the last two years.
These incidents included cases of prosecution, abduction, administrative proceedings, searches, and online death threats.