Criminal proceedings opened on fact of hampering journalist activities of TVi camera group

As noted by the prosecutor's office, on February 4, 2013, the mentioned-above journalists filmed an overall plan of Azot local enterprise, but the guards forbade them to take video.

The information about the event were included into the Unified Register of pre-trial investigations by Prydniprovskiy police department of the Cherkassy region, which determined the legal qualifications for the crime on Part 1 Article 171 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (obstruction of journalistic activities).

The procedural guidance of pre-trial investigation is carried out by the Prosecutor's Office of Cherkassy.

As IMI reported earlier, on February 4, 2013, in Cherkassy, guards of Azot enterprise forbade a camera-group of TVi - journalist Maxim Savchuk and operator Anton Kviten – to take the overall plan of Azot, twisted their arms, threatened to arrest and forced to delete video.