Kidnapped Ukrainian Journalist's Body Found Near Kiev -- The Guardian
Friends of Vasily Sergiyenko, who was also a member of the right-wing Svoboda party, say he was tortured before being killed
The body of a kidnapped journalist who took part in protests against Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovych has been found dumped in a forest 60 miles outside the capital Kiev.
Vasily Sergiyenko – a local journalist and a member of the rightwing Svoboda party – was abducted from his home in the city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskiy on Friday evening Three men reportedly bundled him into a white Lada car, which neighbours had spotted previously.
A trail of bloodstains were found outside his house.
Police said his body had been discovered in a shallow grave in a wood, 15km (nine miles) from the city. According to friends from his self-defence unit, one of dozens of local organisations that have sprung up since the anti-Yanukovych protests, Sergiyenko had been brutally tortured before his murder.
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Update #1: Nationalist-linked Ukraine reporter found murdered -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Update #2: Abducted Ukrainian journalist found killed, believed to be tortured first -- RT
My Comment: For the past month I have been hearing too many stories of Russians and/or Ukrainians being beaten, threatened, and even murdered.
Update #3: This is very worrisome .... Ukraine foils coup attempt; 300 machine guns, antitank grenade launcher seized -- The Guardian
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