Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov has urged Kiev authorities to release LifeNews journalists Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saychenko, RIA Novosti reports.
The Ukrainian National Guards detained the journalists near Kramatorsk in mid-May, suspecting them of terrorism support. Russia demanded their release and filed a complaint to the OSCE. A British journalist cooperating with Russia Today Graham Phillips was detained in Ukraine later.