UA:Ukrainian radio correspondent detained in Belarus on suspicion of espionage

11:51, 17.11.2017 1 min read

Board Chairman of the National Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Company Zurab Alasania has reported on the detention in Belarus of the correspondent UA: Ukrainian radio, Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Sharoiko.

"A correspondent of UA:Ukrainian Radio, a citizen of Ukraine, Pavlo Sharoiko, has been detained in Belarus. The embassy of Belarus is still dodging our request," Alasania wrote on Facebook on Friday.

He also said that according to his own unofficial information in Belarus, Sharoiko was charged with "espionage," a standard charge for foreign correspondents.