Russian top diplomat blasts European media coverage of Odessa tragedy

European media provides poor and biased coverage of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including Euronews channel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
"Eurunews channel, which I often cite since Russia is one of its shareholders, made a very short report devoted to the Odessa tragedy," Lavrov said. "According to the report ‘Odessa commemorated events, which resulted in casualties among peaceful residents following clashes between supporters and opponents of Euromaidan.’ Then, within a 15-seconds interval a female voice reported in a politically polite manner that ‘We all stand for Europe and there must be no obstructions.’ Then a male voice continued for another 15 seconds saying ‘We are against Maidan because we do not want people to be separated.’ That was it."

Odessa Tragedy
The city of Odessa saw riots on May 2, 2014, during which soccer fans from other cities, as well as Right Sector activists and Maidan self-defense representatives from Kiev organized a march along city streets. Clashes with federalization supporters occurred during the march.
The Trade Unions House was set on fire, while there were people inside, and no one was let out of the burning building.
At least 48 people were reported dead and 247 injured in the clashes and the fire in the Trade Unions House. Some Ukrainian politicians asserted that the death toll reached 116 but that the Kiev authorities concealed the facts. Investigators have so far failed to name those guilty of the crime.
Over 20 people have been charged with organizing riots. Eleven suspects out of them are under arrest and another eleven are on the wanted list. Investigators have failed to find evidence proving the arson of the Trade Unions House had been planned. Odessa’s Malinovsky district court sent the indictment back to the Prosecutor General’s Office for further investigation, pointing out that the indictment accusing 22 persons of involvement in the tragic events of May 2 lacked details and factual evidence of the suspects’ guilt.