Aug 3 2005 2:34PM Babitsky's interview with Basayev breaches law - ministry
MOSCOW. Aug 3 (Interfax) - Journalist Andrei Babitsky violated both Russian legislation and international law when he interviewed Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman told Interfax on Wednesday.
"Article 20 of the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights says that instigating terrorism is inadmissible," the spokesman said.
Under Russian legislation, Babitsky, who is a Radio Liberty journalist, requires Foreign Ministry accreditation to work as a journalist in Russia, he said.
"If a person plans to interview anybody in the zone of the counter- terrorism operation, he needs accreditation from the Russian Interior Ministry. This agency issues this ID," the spokesman said. "For the whole set of rules for trips to the zone of the counter-terrorism operation, visit the Interior Ministry's website," he said.
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