The editor-in-chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov will address the Canadian Embassy in connection with the refusal of one of his leading radio stations in a tourist visa.

As stated in the Telegram channel of Venediktov, the immigration officer in the embassy motivated the refusal "including" the situation around her "place of work".

"(It is a question of) one of the leading" Echo ", which has been in the staff of the editorial staff for about 20 years, and many times before received visas to Europe and the US without any problems ... I will appeal to the embassy, ??although I understand their understanding of the situation, - said Venediktov.

He noted that he does not want to name the employee yet. "Not yet, we will try to get her a visa," Venediktov said..

Refusal of a Canadian visa https: // t. co / 84tEXhnsxX - Alexey Venediktov (@aavst) November 4, 2017 As is known, the nominal owner of "Echo" is "Gazprom".