Serhiy Sholokh, the general director of Radio Kontynent, which relays international stations, believes that he is being intimidated. He thinks that the state authorities are out to close his station down, and he feels no easier as he is a witness in the case of the murder of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, who formerly headed the information service at Radio Kontynent.
Sholokh said that he is under surveillance. He said that for this reason he has decided “not to return home and, given the question of my personal safety and the fatal outcome for my colleague Heorhiy Gongadze, to go into hiding for some time.”