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Rumsfeld says Russia and China policies worrying

posted by zaina19 on April, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/24/2006 2:50 AM
Covert Operation Sheds Light on Media Freedom
By Julia Duchovny The Moscow News

Ten years ago on April 21, Russian special forces killed Chechnya's self-proclaimed president, Dzhokhar Dudayev, in a move that, some observers say, paved the way for the second Chechen military campaign in 1999. But the controversy surrounding his death also raised issues of media freedom in President Boris Yeltsin's Russia. The journalist who broke the story that April was hounded for weeks by officials in the Interior and Defense Ministries to reveal her source. Ten years later, with critics lamenting the drawbacks in press freedom under President Vladimir Putin, Moskovskie Novosti journalist Tamara Zamyatina spoke to her source once again. Despite pressure, she has still not revealed his identity.

One of the key players in the separatist conflict that still rages today in Chechnya, Dzhokhar Dudayev had proclaimed himself leader of the independent republic of Ichkeria. In a covert operation that Russian defense officials have yet to ...
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