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US Senators Urge UN Chief To Investigate Killing Of 3 Russian Journalists In CAR - Letter
Umer Jamshaid Published August 16, 2018 | 12:58 AM
US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urging him to investigate the killing of three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR).
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th August, 2018) US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urging him to investigate the killing of three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR).
"We respectfully ask you to engage the relevant UN mechanisms to conduct a full and impartial investigation into the circumstances of the murder of Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguyev, and to ensure full cooperation by the governments of the Central African Republic and the Russian Federation," Rubio and Coons wrote.
On July 30, Radchenko, Rastorguev and Dzhemal were found dead in the CAR. The Russian Investigative Committee has already opened a criminal investigation into the case.
Russias Foreign Ministry said the preliminary information showed that a robbery was the motive for the killing of the three journalists.
Rubio and Coons said in the journalists were killed while working on documentary about possible presence of the Wagner military group in the CAR, while noting that Russia has increased its involvement in the country.
"With UN approval, the Russian Federation has delivered arms and ammunition and provided instructors for the car military," the senators said in the letter.
An investigative media outlet of Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed that it had sent the journalists to the CAR to work on producing a documentary film.
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