Director "Fents.doc" was detained in Kyiv

Today, January 23, at about 7 a.m. in Kyiv, the fighters of the special forces of the Berkut police detained the director of the Lenta.doc project Andrei Kiselev.

After the detention, he managed to make a call from the car carrier. According to Andrei Kiselev, during the detention he was beaten, Echo Moscow reports. Where he is now and in what condition is unknown.

According to the International Organization “Reporters Without Borders”, on January 19, when clashes between demonstrators and police began, three journalists were detained in Kyiv, another 35 reporters were injured. It is noted that both protesters and law enforcement officers attack reporters.

On Wednesday, January 22, employees of the Ukrainian Information Agency UNIAN were evacuated from the office on European square.

In the center of Kyiv, riots continue. On the street of Grushevsky, the demonstrators again set fire to car tires. The fire spread to a nearby house, thick smoke is falling from the windows on the ground floor. Firefighters are trying to eliminate the focus of fire with the help of corpus lions.

According to some estimates, now on Grushevsky Street there are more than a thousand people, several thousand remain in Independence Square. Last night, a national vehicle took place there, it was announced to create an alternative parliament - the “People’s Rada”.

One of the opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk nominated the ultimatum of the authorities, which within 24 hours should respond to the requirements of the protesters. Vitaly Klitschko's leader, the leader of the Bun party, called for the early presidential elections.

PS Head of the Council of Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fedotov called on the Ukrainian authorities to free the director of the Lenta.doc project Andrei Kiselev and punish those responsible for his detention, Interfax reports.

“The Council is very preoccupied with this situation, asks the Ukrainian authorities to immediately understand, free and apologize, and provide the necessary medical care,” Fedotov said.