Ukrainian consul still can't get permission to meet with journalist Suschenko arrested in Russia

Russia has still not granted the Ukrainian consul access to Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko arrested in Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"Russia is again failing to provide such access. We are trying to get it and we are hoping that it will happen in the very near future," Klimkin said during a session where the government was asked questions on Friday.

The minister said "Russia is trying to frame Roman Suschenko."

The foreign minister said that in this situation there is a need for a coordinated position in the context of pressure from the international community, the mass media and non-governmental organizations to improve the situation with the Ukrainian citizens detained and arrested in Russia.

According to earlier reports, Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko was detained in Moscow for an alleged "spy action." The Moscow Lefortovo Court on October 1 arrested him for two months on espionage charges. Kyiv called the journalist's detention a provocation and said the espionage accusations are far-fetched.