Secretary of the Union of journalists of Russia Timur Shafir called the exercise of a professional activity of Russian journalists in the U.S. Minneapolis job at “hot spot”. Shafir called on the Russian and us diplomats to pay attention to tough police action against the correspondent of RIA Novosti, Mikhail Turgiev. After the dispersal of the protest rally in the city the police used against Russian journalist tear gas. The US authorities need clarification on the incident, said Shafir RIA Novosti.
“the Health of our colleagues is not threatened, and they can continue their work, observing the maximum precautions,” said Timur Shafir.
the Level of violence shown by the protesters and the police in the USA, compare with the fighting concluded Shafir.
