Editor: Reporters threatened at Russian newspaper where slain investigative reporter worked
Nov 27 2006, 14:29
MOSCOW (AP) - Two reporters at a small independent Russian newspaper that has been highly critical of Kremlin policies received death threats last week, a top editor said Monday. The threats made to the reporters at Novaya Gazeta come just weeks after one of the paper's most prominent reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building. In a statement posted on its Web site, the paper's editors said the threats were made on Friday to two unnamed employees of the paper in connection with an article about problems in Russia's troubled North Caucasus and another article about Politkovskaya's murder. One of the reporters also received a threatening text message on his or her cell phone, the paper said. Novaya Gazeta has specialized in investigative reporting, especially in the area of government corruption, and has been highly critical of the Kremlin's policies in Chechnya and other restive southern regions.
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