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Reprisals – acts of violence or other strong reaction, to punish
your enemies or opponents for something they have done
Freelance – working independently for several different
companies or organizations rather than being directly
employed by one

2. Scan the text and give the gist of the article.

3. Reproduce the situation in which the following is used. Translate
1) the attempts to intimate the journalists
2) to circle around to face smb.
3) to allege the corruption of smb.
4) to deny any involvements
5) to criticize smb. for failing to do smth.
6) the highest profile crimes
7) a vanished journalist
8) to express concern about smth.

4. Answer the following questions.
1. Who became a victim of an unknown assailants’ shot on
January 12?
2. Oleh Yeltsov was the founder of Ukrainska
Kriminalnaya,wasn’t he?
3. What was Yeltsov attacked for?
4. How does Georgiy Gongadze have to do with the attacks?
5. Who is considered to be guilty in Gongadze’s death?
6. What did Yeltsov write about in his investigative reports?
7. What was re-published in Ukrainska Pravda?
8. Why do the Western governments worry about the
journalists’ safety in Ukraine?

5. Translate into English and reproduce the situation in which the
following is used.
 редактор українських кримінальних новин
 бути пораненим

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