"This is for those who are still alive and who can still fight for the truth, and it is a tribute to the memory of those who died a martyr's death in the name of the ideals of freedom," she said.
The diplomat recalled that in May 2023, it became known that the blogger was detained and charged with "justifying aggression" by Russia. Despite the fact that the journalist was placed under house arrest in July, the SBU sent him to a pre-trial detention center in Kharkiv, where he was held until his death, "for eight months he was tortured and did not receive proper medical care."
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its condolences to Lira's family and friends.
Russia's Permanent Mission to the OSCE also said earlier that the organization's representative for freedom of the media, Teresa Ribeiro, did not react to Lira's death in prison in Ukraine.
American entrepreneur Elon Musk called the death of the blogger terrible. He demanded that Volodymyr Zelensky explain the arrest of Gonzalo Lira and said that the arrest of a US citizen in Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable.