Ukrainian Journalist to Syria Escapes After Being Kidnapped Last Year

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Ukrainian journalist Anhar Kochneva, who was kidnapped last October by mercenaries in  Syria and managed to escape from captivity last month, returned to Syria on the eve, said today national journals.

Kochneva said that she will rent an apartment in Damascus constantly protected in case the insurgents decide to repeat the kidnapping or take revenge.

She also said that although she has Ukrainian passport she is considering to accept Syrian nationality if the authorities propose so, said SANA news agency.

“This is my position and I will not change it for a group of criminals”, said the journalist.

The armed insurgents asked $ 50,000,000 US after kidnapping her, nevertheless she managed to escaped in March.

Kochneva, whose father is Ukrainian and mother Palestinian, lived in Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, writing articles together with Russian media,according to Prensa Latina.

She said that she will keep on working in that country’s tourist sector and promised to help foreign journalists that work there.

M.D

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