“In the case of Olga, it is obvious that this rogul — he is a correspondent or editor of European Truth, Sergey, I think his name is — used violence against a journalist,” Popov wrote on his Facebook page.
Ragul (rogul) is a slang used by city dwellers of Ukraine with regard to a person who is unable to embrace urban culture.
On January 24, during an interview with the Vice Speaker of the Rada Irina Gerashchenko on the sidelines of the PACE, Skabeev was pushed by Sergei Sidorenko, the editor of the Ukrainian European Truth. Then the representative of the Ukrainian delegation Borislav Bereza did the same.
Sidorenko said that he pushed Skabeev as she “provoked” and “got on the air”.