Caucasian journalists answered Pax Christi 23 06 2006
Friday, 23 June 2006
Dear Mr. Gio De Weerd,
Higly Esteemed Secretary General Secretary of Pax Christi,
we have received your Reaction on our article “Thoughts of Caucasian journalists”, but we are surprised art it.
There was not a single word against you personally, dear Mr. Gio De Weerd in our article. We highly appreciate activities of Pax Christi, therefore we see no grounds for agitation.
When publishing the “Thoughts”, the Union of Caucasian Journalists (currently: Corporation of Journalists “The Free Caucasus”) had the single aim to unmask a group of swindlers.
We hoped our information was taken into consideration. Unfortunately you took it for menacing us with a lawsuit. However we have pointed out in the “Thoughts” that Tina Ismailova was an impostor, when she named herself President of the Association of Chechens in Belgium. At the same time, her associate Ramzan Ampukaev was a criminal who had ... >>full
The majority of Russians are convinced that relations between Muslims and non-Muslims are generally bad, according to a survey published June 22.
In a worldwide study carried out by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, 53 percent of those surveyed in Russia said they did not feel the relations were good.
Alexey Malashenko, a professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations and a co-chair of the Religion, Society and Security project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, believes Islamophobia in Russia is growing, but not as rapidly as in Western Europe or the U.S.
“It’s true that the conflict is quite serious and that Islam continues to be rejected in Russian society, but the process is significantly less dramatic compared to similar processes in the West,” Malashenko said in a telephone interview Monday.
“The attitudes to Islam in this country are considerably more tolerant as there ... >>full
Eduard Limonov leader of national Bolshevik Party (left) and Garry Kasparov / Photo: AP Eduard Limonov leader of national Bolshevik Party (left) and Garry Kasparov / Photo: AP Russian Opposition Leader Says His Supporters Arrested En Route to G8 Protest
12.07.2006
MosNews Russian opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov said at least 20 of his activists had been arrested around Russia as they traveled to protest ahead of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg this weekend.
“The number is growing by the hour,” he said. Supporters had been refused permission to get on flights and were dragged off trains and buses.
His complaint comes with opposition supporters in St. Petersburg also criticizing a crackdown on dissent by security services worried that protests will interrupt the summit, The Irish Times reported. Police are reported to have swooped on dozens of opposition activists demanding to know if they are involved in protests coinciding with the summit.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 By Maria Danilova, The Associated Press
MOSCOW -- It used to be about elections and terrorist attacks. Now it's more about drunken husbands and breast enlargements.
Russian TV channels bristle with colorful talk shows, where guests and the audience get into arguments over frequently tawdry topics.
Media watchers say, however, the numerous programs are merely an illusion of freedom of speech in Russia, serving as a smoke screen for an increasingly restrictive media climate where political talk shows have been yanked off the air and where government criticism is rarely voiced.
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power six years ago, the number of TV shows addressing family matters and other social issues has drastically increased. But political talk shows that pitted guests, including fierce government critics, against one another on subjects such as elections, corruption and the bloody war in Chechnya have disappeared or been ... >>full
Eduard Limonov leader of national Bolshevik Party (left) and Garry Kasparov / Photo: AP Eduard Limonov leader of national Bolshevik Party (left) and Garry Kasparov / Photo: AP Russian Opposition Leader Says His Supporters Arrested En Route to G8 Protest
12.07.2006
MosNews Russian opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov said at least 20 of his activists had been arrested around Russia as they traveled to protest ahead of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg this weekend.
“The number is growing by the hour,” he said. Supporters had been refused permission to get on flights and were dragged off trains and buses.
His complaint comes with opposition supporters in St. Petersburg also criticizing a crackdown on dissent by security services worried that protests will interrupt the summit, The Irish Times reported. Police are reported to have swooped on dozens of opposition activists demanding to know if they are involved in protests coinciding with the summit.
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