Odessa 2 5 2017 INTERVIEW WITH RUSLAN KOTSABA UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST SENTENCED 564 DAYS IN JAIL

A court in IvanoFrankivsk, western Ukraine sentenced journalist Ruslan Kotsaba to three and a half years in prison on May 112016. His sentencing of the Interview: 1st answer My name is Ruslan Kotsaba, Iam from Western Ukraine. Today I came to Odessa because of the memorial events dedicated to the tragic date Three years ago innocent people, including old people and women were killed. 2nd answer I think it was simply a turn of events. Ukrainian authorities and police in particular showed incompetence; moreover, politicians wanted to provoke a conflict in order to manipulate people afterwards. They needed blood, confrontation. This confrontation was made very extreme on both sides and as a result of it innocent people suffered. 3rd answer Unfortunately, Ukrainian media discredited themselves during this conflict, as well as with everything else. Ukrainian mass media are propaganda machines and arent independent. They are working either for an