Georgia Denies Existence of ‘Secret August War Order’
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posted by circassiankama on March, 2009 as FREEDOM & FEAR
Georgia Denies Existence of ‘Secret August War Order’
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 24 Mar.'09 / 20:44
Temur
Iakobashvili, the Georgian state minister for reintegration, has
strongly denied reports that President Saakashvili issued an order
authorizing launch of military operations on August 7 “to restore
constitutional order” in breakaway South Ossetia.
Iakobashvili
said the report was “part of series of lies and misinformation” by
Russia, which aimed at misleading EU-funded war inquiry mission, led by
Swiss diplomat, Heidi ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Prosecutor's Office Of Ingushetia To Oblige "Ingushetia.Org" Get Registered As Mass Medium
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posted by eagle on February, 2009 as FREEDOM & FEAR
Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia to oblige "Ingushetia.Org" get registered as mass medium
The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia is going to oblige the owners of the website "Ingushetia.Org" to register the website as a mass medium. However, Rosa Malsagova, owner and editor-in-chief of the website, is sure that under the law such registration can only be voluntary.
In the opinion of Yuri Turygin, Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, "the ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Prosecutor's Office Of Ingushetia To Oblige "Ingushetia.Org" Get Registered As Mass Medium
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posted by eagle on as FREEDOM & FEAR
Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia to oblige "Ingushetia.Org" get registered as mass medium
The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia is going to oblige the owners of the website "Ingushetia.Org" to register the website as a mass medium. However, Rosa Malsagova, owner and editor-in-chief of the website, is sure that under the law such registration can only be voluntary.
In the opinion of Yuri Turygin, Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, "the ... >> full
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The Other Russia: Russians Unite In Satirizing The State (Gallery)
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posted by eagle on as FREEDOM & FEAR
February 11th, 2009
The Ekho Moskvy radio station has held several contests for its listeners to create political cartoons and collages. The station, one of Russia’s few mainstream media sources that lets commentators ... >> full
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Moscow News: Despite Murders, Nampaigning Newspaper Hopes To Soldier On
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posted by eagle on as FREEDOM & FEAR
Despite murders, campaigning newspaper hopes to soldier on
06/02/2009
The editorial office of beleaguered opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta - five of whose staff members and journalists have been killed or died in mysterious circumstances in the last eight years - nestles in one of central Moscow's oldest districts, on Potapovsky Pereulok, where its cosy, Stalin-era building seems to extol the same perseverance with which Soviet dissidents fortified themselves.
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Business Recorder: Fear And Mourning At A Russian Newspaper
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posted by eagle on as FREEDOM & FEAR
Fear and mourning at a Russian newspaper
MIKE ECKEL
ARTICLE (February 05 2009): The dead loom over the morning editorial meeting at Russia's leading investigative newspaper. Novaya Gazeta's staff is trying to plan the next issue and editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov is in an understandably foul mood. In a corner hang photos of four reporters he has lost in the past eight years _ one beaten to death, one allegedly poisoned, two shot _ the ... >> full
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The Other Russia: Nashi Activist: We Snooped On Opposition Groups
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RFE/RL: Dangers Don't Deter Russia's Young Journalists
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posted by eagle on January, 2009 as FREEDOM & FEAR
Dangers Don't Deter Russia's Young Journalists
January 29, 2009
By Chloe Arnold
MOSCOW -- Outside the editorial offices of "Novaya gazeta" in central Moscow, someone has laid two red roses. There is no note beside them, and they have already begun to wither on their dirty patch of snow.
But it's clear for whom the flowers are meant. Anastasia Baburova, a 25-year-old Crimea native who died in Moscow last week after she was ...>> full
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RFE/RL: Russian President 'Will Watch Over' Journalist's Murder Investigation
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posted by eagle on as FREEDOM & FEAR
Russian President 'Will Watch Over' Journalist's Murder Investigation
Dmitry Muratov (left) with Mikhail Gorbachev
after Anna Politkovskaya's killing
January 29, 2009
MOSCOW -- "Novaya gazeta," which is partly owned by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and businessman Aleksandr Lebedev, is a rare publication in Russia these days. An independent national newspaper with its own highly popular website, it has become famous for its daring investigative reporting.
Several ... >> full
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