Caucasian Knot: Hunt For Journalists In Today's Russia
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posted by FerrasB on July, 2005 as Freedom and Fear
11/7/2005 Hunt for journalists in today's Russia As reported by the New-York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 12 journalists have been killed in Russia for the last five years, five of them covered developments in the North Caucasus. They are Iskandar Khatloni, a Radio Liberty reporter, Natalya Skryl, a reporter for Nashe Vremya, Rostov-on-Don, Adam Tepsurgayev, a Reuters reporter in Chechnya, Paul Klebnikov, Russian Forbes editor, and Magomedzagid Varisov, a journalist from the Novoye Delo weekly, Makhachkala. They all were killed in contract-style murders, CPJ members told a press conference "Hunt for Journalists in Today's Russia" at the Independent Press Center, Moscow, on 8 July. No one has been brought to justice in any of the cases. "We are calling on President Putin to ensure that the Prosecutor General's Office makes greater progress in solving these brutal murders," Prima New Agency quoted CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper. These murders have sown fear and ... >> full
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Itar-Tass: Another Victim Killed In Accident In Gulf Of Finland Found
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
Another victim killed in accident in Gulf of Finland found
20.06.2005, 15.25
ST.PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) -- The personnel of the Petrodvorets Museum have found a body of a man washed ashore from the Gulf of Finland. The man is presumably one of the group of cadets of the St. Petersburg Naval Academy who perished on June 8 when their boat capsized in the sea. No official identification of the body has been made yet.
A six-oar rowing boat with eight men on board capsized in the mouth of the Neva River on June 8. Two men were rescued, one was found dead on the following day after the accident, three more bodies were found last weekend and identified. The fate of two men from board the ill- fated boat was unknown yet.
The accident occurred during a rowing drill for cadets of the St. Petersburg Naval Academy held in the Gulf of Finland.
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PRIMA - News: Uzbek Oppositionists And Radio Freedom Correspondent Detained...
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
28.6.2005 12:43 MSK
Uzbek oppositionists and Radio Freedom correspondent detained in Andizhan
RUSSIA, Moscow. Several opposition activists and Radio Svoboda (Freedom)-Free Europe correspondent Gafuryan Yuldashev were detained in the Uzbek city of Andizhan, according to Russian radio service, Radio Svoboda. Yuldashev arrived in Andizhan on June 26th to interview representatives of the opposition, including members of the Democratic Party "Erk".
The police detained the journalist and the oppositionists in the cafe where they were meeting and delivered them to the police department. All the detained were released after four hours of questioning. Documents and diskettes were taken from Yuldashev.
Translated by OM Kenney
PRIMA - News Agency [2005-06-27-Uzbek-25]
http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2005/6/28/32770.html
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RFE/RL: RUSSIA'S LARGEST MOSQUE OPENS
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
RUSSIA'S LARGEST MOSQUE OPENS. 27 June 2005 Leaders of the Islamic world congregated on 24 June in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, to attend the official inauguration of the Qol Sharif Mosque, Russia's largest. The ceremony is part of festivities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the city's founding. Symbolically, it was in Arabic -- the universal language of Islam -- that Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Turkish general-secretary of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), delivered the inaugural speech at the foot of the Qol Sharif mosque. "In the name of Allah the merciful," Ihsanoglu said. "We address our prayers to Allah, his prophets and all those who believe in him. May his peace and his blessing be on you." Religious and political leaders from the entire Islamic world were in attendance. Delegates from Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and even Belarus, joined thousands of believers ... >> full
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The Times: The Kremlin Prepares For Punishment Of Applicant For A High Post
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
August, 1, 2005 The person from the Kremlin prepares for punishment above the last applicant for a high post It has already started the investigation against the former prime minister, intending to enter into struggle for elections of 2008. The former prime minister of Russia Michael Kasianov yesterday accused the Kremlin that it has provoked investigation of property bargains of former premier with the purpose to discredit him before presidential elections in 2008. Kasianov, dismissed by Putin last year, in February let us know, that he will be a candidate for the election in 2008 when Putin, under the present constitution, should leave. But two weeks ago when Kasianov was in holiday abroad, the Office of Public Prosecutor started investigation in connection with accusations that, when he was the prime minister he organized for himself a purchase of a summer residence in cost of 27 million dollars for an undercharge. From this moment there are rumours, ... >> full
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