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Andrei Stenin, Sergei Korenchenkov, Andrei Vyachalo, 06.08.2014
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Today, a secular memorial and pannikhida for Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist Andrei Stenin, killed by junta aggressors last year, occurred in Nikiforov, near the DNR-LNR border. Local residents, DNR soldiers, friends, and colleagues of the deceased gathered at the site of his death. Vice Chairman of the DNR Peoples Soviet D V Pushilin, head of Molodaya Respublika (Young Republic) Sergei Kondrykinsky, Head of the Snezhkoe GMA* Valery Khlopenik, and head of the DNR Union of Journalists Viktor Petrenko gave eulogies for Stenin. Pushilin said, “We’ve gathered today to honour the memory of an outstanding journalist, Andrei Stenin. He broke through the informational blockade, but it cost him his life. To break this blockade has been and remains crucial to resolving this conflict. When the Ukrainians shower us with shells from all kinds of weapons, we remember Andrei’s heroism and the heroism of his colleagues”.
- GMA: State Municipal Administration, administrative apparat of a city
The people present laid flowers at a cross placed on the site where most people believe that Stenin died. Here, on a road leading to Nikiforov, near Snezhkoe, locals found Stenin’s burned car. The first information about it came out two weeks after his death, but didn’t receive official confirmation until September. Those at the memorial observed a moment of silence in Stenin’s memory. Pushilin noted, “We have to bring the war to its logical conclusion, to win a clear-cut victory, to do everything to make certain that his death, like so many others, wasn’t in vain. We fully understand what responsibility lies upon us. We must do everything possible to ensure that such crimes don’t continue to plague future generations. The death of Andrei Stenin was a hero’s death… we should bow to honour his memory”. Molodaya Respublika head Kondrykinsky continued in the same vein, “We’ll remember those who gave their lives to secure the victory”. In conclusion, local officials gave their condolences to Stenin’s family, relatives, and friends.
Andrew Stenin, a Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist, died a year ago in the Novorossiya warzone whilst carrying out his professional duties. According to the SK RF, as confirmed by Rossiya Segodnya director D K Kiselyov, junta aggressors fired on Stenin’s car on 6 August 2014. Later on, a junta MLRS strike burned the disabled car. President V V Putin posthumously awarded Andrei Stenin the Order of Courage.
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Here’s the suggestion:
I say…
Go for it and make damn sure that Yelena Khanga is part of the festivities. Oh, yes, Peter… have you learnt to grill shashliki the Russian way? You could do the show on the beach whilst grilling up a feast… Graham Phillips could keep the fire going as the show went on. Do have plenty of cold pivo and hot crawdads on hand…
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