Open letter of the head of the Independent Union of Journalists of Ukraine, to Minister of Interior Yuri Smirnov . This is a reaction to the speech of the Minister of Interior, who asserted that 80% out of 18 murdered journalists (i.e., 14.4 persons) perished not because of their professional activities, but by their own guilt – from hard drinking. The author accuses the Minister of heartlessness reminding him that militiamen drink not less than journalists.

Larysa Ivshyna, editor-in-chief, The Day, Lavrenty Malazoniya, general producer, TET Television, Oleh Medvediev, journalist, political technologist. The interviews present the points of view of three journalists on the topic used in the heading.

Officials from the Prosecutor’s Office of the Crimea confirmed that a criminal case was started against Saki mayor Volodymir Shvetsov, who threatened a journalist. This is the first case in the Crimea, where a top official may be punished for the pressure on mass media.

A Nikolayev newspaper is published in Ukrainian in the region, where the Russian language dominates. That is why the paper is badly sold and needs financial support from the government. Yet, the newspaper is oppositional.

(Ukrainian service of the radio station ‘Deutche welle’).

’The USS would like every Internet user to register’, said Viktor Radchenko.

Journalist Ludmila Kucherenko considers that the National council in charge of TV and radio broadcasting dismissed her from the post of a representative in the Poltava oblast absolutely without any grounds.

The economic situation in Ukraine is such that, as a rule, newspapers cannot afford to be independent.