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JOURNALIST ERNEST VARDANYAN ARRESTED IN TRANSDNIESTRIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 10, 2010 - 18:40 AMT 13:40 GMT
State security bodies arrested journalist Ernest Vardanyan in
Transdniestria on April 7, 2010. A freelance reporter for Novy
Region news agency is suspected of treason. On April 9, Tiraspol
city court has prolonged Vardanyan's detention for two months, Novy
Region reported.
It is known that recently Vardanyan cooperated with Chisinau-based
Pulse newspaper and passed an interview for the UN headquarters.
"According to my sources, Ernest Vardanyan should have been appointed
in Russia's delegation to the UN in New York in the near future. He
passed all the required procedures last year, i.e. the Russian
intelligence services have checked him," said CEO of HP2 Alexander
Shetinin.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 10, 2010 - 18:40 AMT 13:40 GMT
State security bodies arrested journalist Ernest Vardanyan in
Transdniestria on April 7, 2010. A freelance reporter for Novy
Region news agency is suspected of treason. On April 9, Tiraspol
city court has prolonged Vardanyan's detention for two months, Novy
Region reported.
It is known that recently Vardanyan cooperated with Chisinau-based
Pulse newspaper and passed an interview for the UN headquarters.
"According to my sources, Ernest Vardanyan should have been appointed
in Russia's delegation to the UN in New York in the near future. He
passed all the required procedures last year, i.e. the Russian
intelligence services have checked him," said CEO of HP2 Alexander
Shetinin.