Today, on December 23, in the vicinities of Snezhnoye, a monument was unveiled to the Russian journalists who heroically died in hostilities in Donbass on August 6, 2014. Special correspondent of Russia Today international newsagency Andrei Stenin and military correspondents of the Icorpus agency Andrei Vyachalo and Sergei Korenchenkov were commemorated in the Republic, a correspondent of the DPR official website reports.
Head of the Snezhnoye local council Alexander Skvortsov commented on this event.
“Local residents come to this site, colleagues attend this place on the day of the journalists’ death and on the birthday of Andrei Stenin on December 22. It is here that we plan to lay an alley, lay out paths, set up benches for people to be able to take their time to recall those who died,” Alexander Skvortsov said.
The ceremony participants laid flowers to the monument.
This year we reached the five year mark for the tragic death of the Russian journalists who had remained true to their duty – to convey the truth to the people till the last breath.