Anastasia Stanko

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Stanko in Luhansk Oblast, 2014

Anastasia [Nastia] Stanko (Ukrainian: Анастасія Романівна Станко) is a Ukrainian journalist and television hostess, a member of the "Stop censorship" movement.[1]

Biography

Born in

Hromadske TV
where she currently works.

On June 14, 2014 at around 12:30 pm she was detained for four hours by the

Russian Border Troops when she accidentally crossed the Russia–Ukraine border in the settlement of Milove, Luhansk Oblast (Ukraine).[2] After her detention, Stanko was handed over to the Ukrainian authorities with the request to pay a fine of 3,000 rubles and delete any photo and video materials.[3] On June 16, 2014 "Stop censorship" organized a press-conference in Kharkiv to which was invited Anastasia Stanko to share her experience.[3] In her interview to ATN television broadcasting company she stated that there wasn't any border identification between Ukraine and Russia.[3]

On June 30, 2014 Anastasia Stanko along with Illya Bezkorovainy near Stanytsia Luhanska were taken hostage by the Luhansk People's Republic, while performing their professional duties.[4] They were placed in a basement of one of building in the center of Luhansk city.[4] While being kidnapped Stanko absolutely refused to give any interview to Russian journalists, particularly from LifeNews. On July 2, 2014 she was supposedly released from kidnapping.

In her interview to Podrobnosti on July 6, 2014 Stanko claimed that she was kept by same people who were keeping Nadiya Savchenko.[5]

References

  1. TVi
  2. Hromadske TV
    June 14, 2014
  3. ^ a b c Journalist Anastasia Stanko told about her detention by the Russia Border Troops. glavnoe. June 16, 2014
  4. ^ a b Nasti Stanko and Illya Bezkorovainy were taken hostage by LNR. Telekritika. July 1, 2014
  5. ^ Nastia Stanko about her detention in Luhansk: We thought that they would come and simply shoot us. Podrobnosti. July 6, 2014


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