Discussion: Vice Reporter Describes His Detention In Ukraine

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Not many people come away from the tender mercies of the Spetsnaz with their health generally intact.

They let him go, he is high profile enough to be a cause celeb and now will take the mantle alongside the likes of Pussy Riot, as a news and noteworthy thorn in the side of Vlad the Magnificent.

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I gotta give this guy credit for being brave and having the balls to cover this story.

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Simon Ostrovsky has balls the size of Jupiter. Watch him walk right past men in uniforms with guns wearing balaclavas and question their authority to stop him.

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some of the most courageous and important reporting of late. Kudo’s to Ostrovsky and Vice News for having the balls to cover real issues using real journalism. +99

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