Farewell Ceremony for Russian Photojournalist Andrei Stenin

Moscow mourns International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist Andrei Stenin, who was killed while covering the war in Ukraine. Stenin did everything possible for the world to see the truth about the tragic events in southeastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telegram to the journalist’s mother.
Above: Farewell ceremony in the office of MIA Rossiya Segodnya.

Andrei Stenin were buried at Troyekurovsky Cemetery in Moscow, near the graves of TV reporters Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin and Anatoly Klyan, who were also killed while covering the events in Ukraine.
Above: Relatives of the journalist and his colleagues lay flowers beside a coffin where one of Stenin's cameras has been placed symbolically.

Director General of MIA Rossiya Segodnya Dmitry Kiselev and Alexander Shtol, head of the news agency's Integrated Photography Department (center, left to right), at the memorial ceremony.

Andrei chose a dangerous profession: as a war photographer, he documented some of the century's most historical events; he preferred working in hot spots to spending time in an office.
Above: Andrei Stenin's mother Vera Nikolaevna (center)

Andrei's colleagues, friends and relatives patiently wait in line to pay their last respects.

According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the journalist was killed in a Ukrainian attack on a column of refugees that was being guarded by several eastern Ukraine independence supporters.
Above: Colleagues saying good-bye to Andrei Stenin in the office of MIA Rossiya Segodnya.

The Staff of Emercom of Russia also attended the ceremony.

MIA Rossiya Segodnya special photographer Vladimir Vyatkin, who has worked for the agency since 1968, called Stenin's pictures from Ukraine's front lines very professional. "The Pictures are very professional and necessary for history; not only ours, but history in general", he said.
Above: Photojournalist Vladimir Vyatkin

Several top government officials visited the farewell ceremony.
Above: Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko (center) at the ceremony.

Colleagues stand at the entrance of the office of MIA Rossiya Segodnya, waiting to say goodbye to Andrei Stenin.