Forceful Action Is Urged From The West Against Russia
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Forceful Action Is Urged From The West Against Russia Publication time: Today at 07:58 Djokhar time West must take action to stop Russia's slide Recent weeks have seen events that should alarm American and European leaders about their relationship to Russia. This time, however, alarm and worry aren't enough - what's needed is action. In the preceding week, Russian authorities chased down ethnic Georgians living in Russia in pogrom-like circumstances, closing businesses and asking schools to register Georgian children, all to punish the Georgian government's refusal to toe Moscow's line. A Russian deputy foreign ministry recently said, "Russia does not want to be provoked; Russia wants to be respected," adding that Russia's policies in Georgia would not change until Russia felt it got the respect it deserved. Until then, Moscow will continue trying to strangle Georgia - endorsing separatist regions in its territory, banning imports, cutting energy supplies and threatening military strikes. Moscow can't kill a country, but one of Mr. Putin's closest advisers, Gleb Pavlovsky, once suggested the best way ... >> full
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Russia Is a Wicked Country, Police Confirms
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 6:22 AM
Russia Is a Wicked Country, Police Confirms
Publication time: Today at 09:21 Djokhar time
The Russian interior ministry said Thursday that about 3 million crimes were registered across Russia in the first nine months of 2006, which is 12.3% higher than during the same period last year according to a Russian news report.
The ministry said 2.9 million crimes were registered from January to September in Russia, with 2.4 million criminal cases launched in response, a 13.7% increase on the same period last year.
This year, the share of economic crimes in the total volume of the crimes committed increased by 12.7% against the same period in 2005, causing financial losses amounting to .88 billion.
The ministry also said that during the same period, 11,885 crimes were committed against foreigners or people without Russian citizenship, which is 20.2% higher than in 2005.
Agencies
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2006/10/13/5949.shtml
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The Anna Politkovskaya slaying – is Kasparov in danger
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 6:52 AM The Anna Politkovskaya slaying – is Kasparov in danger? 13.10.2006 On October 7th the US born Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment block in central Moscow. Her writings were very critical of the Russian government and army, she was a fervent supporter of human rights and the rule of law. The same can be said about Garry Kasparov, who now himself feels threatened. Anna Politkovskaya [Photo: Moscow Times] Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was found dead last Saturday, the day on which she was supposed to file an extensive critical story on torture used in Chechnya. She was shot four times in the elevator of her appartment block in central Moscow, apparently by a contract killer. Thousands attended her funeral on Tuesday, and her murder has caused a strong international reaction. In the October 9th edition of the Wall Street Journal there is a substantial piece on Anna Politkovskaya, written by editorial contributor Garry Kasparov, former ... >> full
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Little hope of justice for Russian scribe’s killers, say experts
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Little hope of justice for Russian scribe’s killers, say experts Web posted at: 10/13/2006 10:29:50 Source ::: AFP MOSCOW • Despite a public promise from Russia’s most powerful man, President Vladimir Putin, the chances that those who ordered the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya will face justice appear hopelessly slim, analysts say. Most of the 42 journalists killed in Russia since 1992 were victims of contract-style killings, including 13 murdered since Putin came to power, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. The crimes, it says, are rarely solved. “Even when the case is considered solved, the investigation is never carried through to the end. The murderers are stopped, but it never goes as far as those who ordered the hit,” said Vsevolod Bogdanov, president of the Russian Union of Journalists. “I don’t know any case of a murdered journalist where those who gave the order were found,” said Oleg Panfilov, director of the Center of Journalism in Extreme Situations, which monitors media freedom in Russia. Panfilov dismissed Putin’s promise ... >> full
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 7:03 AM The silencing of Anna Russia's great journalist was gunned down by killers who may have been contracted to snuff out her investigation of government torture. By Michael Mainville Anna Politkovskaya On the cold, grey afternoon of Oct. 7, a modest Lada car loaded with groceries pulled up outside a central Moscow apartment building. An elegant figure with steel-grey hair and large glasses emerged, shopping bags in hand. Anna Politkovskaya, Russia's most dogged investigative journalist, was facing a deadline and planning to finish her latest story by the next day. On her desk were photographs and notes about civilians who had been abducted by pro-Kremlin forces in Chechnya and tortured into confessing to crimes they had not committed. Politkovskaya must not have noticed the thin man in dark clothes and the young woman who, according to surveillance tapes, had been following her in the supermarket. Her groceries were too much to carry all Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya speaks at a news conference in Moscow, ... >> full
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