5 Kanal’s journalist denied entry to Russia

A journalist of Ukrainian’s 5 Kanal Oleh Kryshtop has been denied entry to Russia. He was said he had been forbidden the country.

It was stated by his colleague Svyatoslav Tseholko, Ukrainskaya Pravda informs.

“Our journalist, Oleh Kryshtop, has been denied entry to Russia. As said by Oleh’s girlfriend, he was told at the border that he is non grata person. Oleh went to the border of Chernihiv region near the settlement of Semyonovka – Klimovo to picture Russian tanks,” Tseholko said.

A of 5 Kanal Tatsyana Danilenko said in her turn that it happened at about 12:30 pm. Besides, the driver of the filming crew was detained. The reason for that was that Maidan stickers fell out of his wallet when he produced documents out of his wallet when passing a border entry point.

After that, as Danilenka said, the driver was detained and asked to offer explanation. As of 2:30 pm local time, the entire filming crew is not reachable.