Russia fumes at expulsion of TV reporter from Ukraine

[WorldNews]

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A new public relations war raged Thursday between Moscow and Kiev after Ukraine deported a reporter with Russia's Channel One television for allegedly running "destructive" stories about the crisis-torn ex-Soviet state. Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) said it had expelled Alexandra Cherepnina for basing one of her stories on a home video in which a Ukrainian child was shown performing a Nazi salute and wielding a knife while calling for the murder of Russians. The SBU said Thursday it had decided to "block the destructive actions of Channel One's journalist" and bar her from re-entering the country for three years.

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