Russian Media Called 'Empire of Lies'
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posted by zaina19 on January, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Russian Media Called 'Empire of Lies' Publication time: 11 January 2007, 10:58 While the world buzzes with disbelief and fascination over the poisoning and death of a Russian ex-spy, the story has captured scant attention in Russia. Ask any seemingly cosmopolitan Russians on a downtown Moscow street about their take on the international scandal, and they will most likely shrug and suggest that the former spy Alexander Litvinenko poisoned himself just to make Russian President Vladimir Putin look bad. The apathy is emblematic of the overall state of public information in Russia today. The episode, which dominated front page news around the world for weeks, has received little attention in the Russian media, with most state-controlled outlets dismissing allegations of government involvement. Jazz Ayvazyan, a 20-year-old computer programmer who lives in central Moscow, hadn't heard anything about the poisoning until he traveled to London for business a week after the story broke in early November. But he says he wasn't at all surprised to see that the news was suppressed. "There ... >> full
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Johnny Depp to produce film on Litvinenko poisoning: report
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/13/2007 1:50 AM Johnny Depp to produce film on Litvinenko poisoning: report January 13, 2007 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp is to produce a movie about the mysterious poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, it was reported here Friday. Movie industry daily Variety reported that rights to a book about Litvinenko's death in London last year have been scooped up by studio giant Warner Bros for Depp's production company to develop. Depp, the star of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", has been following the Litvinenko intrigue closely and could end up starring in the film, the report said. Actor John Malkovich is also being lined up to star in a second movie, based on a book co-authored by Litvinenko, "Blowing Up Russia", the British Independent newspaper reported Saturday. The book argues that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) -- a successor to the KGB -- coordinated blasts in Moscow and other Russian cities in 1999 which killed more ... >> full
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Depp to Make Film About Poisoned Ex-Spy
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/13/2007 8:14 PM Depp to Make Film About Poisoned Ex-Spy Saturday January 13 4:53 PM ET Johnny Depp is planning a film about a former Russian security agent whose poisoning in London has touched off an international mystery, according to the trade magazine Variety one of three possible Hollywood projects about the case. One of the other projects, involving the director Michael Mann, came after Columbia Pictures agreed to pay $1.5 million for the film rights to a book about the former Russian agent, Alexander Litvinenko, being co-written by his widow and a close friend, the report said. Warner Bros., which was outbid for that book, acquired the rights to a book by Alan Cowell, a New York Times reporter, which is expected to be published next year by Doubleday, Variety said. Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, will produce the film and the actor could star in it. Mann is known for his crime sagas such as "Collateral," "Heat" and "Miami Vice," while Depp often ... >> full
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Novaya Gazeta blames Russian secret service
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/17/2007 2:50 AM Novaya Gazeta blames Russian secret services Publication time: 16 January 2007, 12:02 Novaya Gazeta blames Russian secret services, army special-task troops on involvement in death squads In a front-page article of the Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta under the title Spare Agencies, the paper’s observer Igor Korolkov comes to conclusion that former and currently operating servicemen of the Russian security services, Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior have been involved in fulfilment of blatant acts of terrorism and murders during last fifteen years. The weekly publishes excerpts from a secret document where the death squads officially established and described possibility of terror acts against enemy. Korolkov results examples of some criminal cases which, in his opinion, confirm an existence of a certain uniform "strategic plan" that unites tens the acts of terrorism, accomplished in the territory of Russia and abroad. He also writes that in the middle of the 1990s he happened to collide with several "gangs under cover", supervised by operating ... >> full
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Why Have We Chosen Jihad?
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/17/2007 2:30 AM Why Have We Chosen Jihad? Publication time: 14 January 2007, 16:17 All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and Blessings of Allah to the Prophet Muhammad, his Companions, members of his family and all true Muslims till the Day of Judgment. And after this... By the Mercy of Allah Jihad in Dagestan, as well as on all Northern Caucasus gains in strength. There is a number of objective factors and subjective factors which cannot be ignored. The tendency to the growth of Jihad has an offensive force. First of them: war goes in conditions of growing mistrust of the population to authority of Tagut, that in many aspects bring no efforts of special services of kafirs. Authority of Tagut became very insolent, and it does not wish to see, from the windows of armoured limousines, people with it's troubles and caries. The precipice between people and power is filled with hatred and mistrust. Corruption in Dagestan has reached a ... >> full
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