A Ukrainan journalist (who is being anonymous in the article) recently found out that he was blackmailed as a terrorist by Ukrainian officials, because he covered both sides of the conflict against Russia. The case brings the question down to what we discussed earlier this term: who is a terrorist? The term is tough to identify, and is very arbitrarily used worldwide by all different parts. Regardless if he should be branched as a terrorist or not, it has certainly affected his personal safety. Powerful people in Ukraine can go after him if they want to. The problem highlights the existing tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
Victor Krueeger
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/world/europe/reporter-branded-terrorist-ukraine.html?ref=world&_r=0
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