Anna Nemtsova: Do Ukraine’s leaders understand freedom of the press?

On April 26, Ukrainian authorities banned the country’s top television anchor, Savik Shuster, from working in the country. Shuster, who is a Canadian citizen, hosts the country’s leading Russian-language talk show, Shuster LIVE, which is watched by four million people each week. The government’s action prompted corresponding outrage. Mustafa Nayem, a former journalist who is one of the leading reformists in parliament, assailedthe move on his Facebook page, calling it a fresh example of the government's "idiocy." Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, also condemned the measure, and offered Shuster a slot on a TV channel run by the city.