During the visit, Minister Di Maio reiterated Italy’s support for Ukrainian territorial integrity and condemned the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia (Agi, June 10). In a highly symbolic gesture, he laid flowers on the monument...
Prosecutor Nunzia Chiaravolo requested that the first translation of the audiotape, where Markov allegedly said: “We killed (took down) an Italian reporter”, be added as admissible evidence. For the prosecution, these words...
On July 12, 2019, Vitaliy Markiv was found guilty of complicity in the killing of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli and Russian interpreter and human rights activist Andrei Mironov, and sentenced to 24 years by the Pavia court of first...
The court of appeals will consider the appeal against the conviction of the Ukrainian soldier. 31-year-old Vitaliy Markiv is charged with complicity in the murder of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli and Russian interpreter Andrei...
For over a year, a group of dedicated journalists from Italy and Ukraine – Cristiano Tinazzi, Olga Tokariuk, Danilo Elia and Ruben Lagattolla – have been conducting extensive field research, on-site geographical...
Vitaliy is accused of complicity in the murder of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli, who was killed in May, 2014 during in the fighting between Ukrainian armed forces and Russian mercenaries near then-occupied Sloviansk. The facts speak...
June 30 marked three years since Vitaliy Markiv was arrested at Bologna airport, when he and his wife arrived in Italy to visit his mother, who has lived and worked for 20 years in the town of Tolentino, Marche region, Italy. Vitaliy lived...
On May 15, 2020, one of the most popular publications in Italy Il Venerdi di Repubblica published an article and podcast by journalist Mario Calabresi about the life and death of Andy Rocchelli, directly underlining Vitaliy Markiv’s...
Due to the spread of COVID-19 in northern Italy and the introduction of emergency measures, the Italian government has decided to suspend all judicial activity until March 31. In addition, the Lombardy region and its regional centre Milan...
In late summer 2019, three Italian journalists – Cristiano Tinazzi, Danilo Elia, Ruben Lagattolla – and Ukrainian journalist Olha Tokariuk set out to re-create the story of the fatal shooting of Andrea Rocchelli and Russian...
In October 2022, a few weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses next to the Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. Over four days, the invaders loaded their vehicles with...
