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Free Radio in Donetsk region receives threatening messages

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Free Radio located in Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine received threatening emails in response to its reporting on the war. Anastasia Shybiko, director of Free Radio, posted screenshots of some of the messages on her Facebook page. She said they were able to identify the origin of one the messages to a company in Moscow.

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