Finnish Citizen Janus Putkonen Vets Accreditations for Foreign Journalists in Russian-Occupied Donbas

www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/finnish-conspiracy-theorist-vets-accreditations-for-foreign-journalists-in-russian-occupied-donbas-396260.html

August 21, 2015

A Finnish citizen, Janus Putkonen, 40, is helping authorities in Russian-occupied Donbas vet applications for accreditation from foreign journalists. Putkonen also is editor-in-chief of the DoniNews website, which publishes articles praising the separatists and criticizing Ukraine and the West.

A Finnish citizen who runs a conspiracy website that defends Russia’s war against Ukraine is advising a committee in Kremlin-occupied Donbas that reviews accreditation requests from foreign journalists.

Antti Viktor Rauhala
Stefan Huijboom