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Turkey releases detained Russian journalists

07 December 2020 18:27 (UTC +04:00)

Employees of the Russian NTV channel detained in Turkey have been released, APA’S Moskow bureau reports.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the issue of the release of Russian journalists was solved in accordance with the diplomatic channel.

“The issue was solved in accordance with the diplomatic channel,” said Kremlin spokesman in reply to the question of whether the Russian president helped to the release of journalists.

Note that the employees of the program "Central Television" broadcast on the Russian channel NTV Alexei Petrushko and Ivan Malyshkin were detained in Turkey several days ago.

It is assumed that they took the photo of a plant that produces unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) without permission