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Rick · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:33 am Post subject:

In an interview that was taken together with German Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Mr Putin has ensured that Russia is on it's way to democrazy. He stated that a free press definitely comes with that and that he will pursue to enlarge the freedom of press.

Source (for those that can read German):
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID5987896_REF1,00.html

nikir · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

Вовочка ну конечно ты прав!

MrSpice · Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3436

Rick · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:38 am Post subject:

There was another press-related murder yesterday I believe..

yorbcbud · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:06 am Post subject:

I'm sure nothing will happen to Anna's killer. Heres what happens when you stand up for her in Russia.
http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/R/RUSSIA_JOURNALIST_KILLED?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME

Rick · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

Well.. there we have another non-existant freedom in Russia. It takes a lot of courage for people who want to dig up the truth in their country, that's for sure. I hope they will succeed, in spite of the declining space the press seems to get from government officials.

nikir · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject:

At the same time it is encouraging to see people with the conviction of their beliefs getting coverage in the world press. With a lot of luck it could lead to something of a groundswell amongst the populace.

Rick

Well, let's make it a running thread again. Anyone interested in this piece of news? Apparently the mentioned Ex-spy, residing in the UK was well-known with the circumstances around Anna Politkovskaya's murder:

LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital.

http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/53593079/newsarticle.aspx

kwrty321 · Frequent Guest Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 36

I wonder why AL didn't seek asylum in the U.S. instead of the UK?

Rick · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject:

That doesn't seem too relevant to the issue. Maybe he knew more people in London already, maybe he was there at the time he needed to seek asylum, maybe he preferred the country to the US?
I'm much more intrigued by what is actually happening here. And kind of shocked by the lack of civil liberties in Russia at the present. Esp. with all this boasting about their 'economic development'.

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yorbcbud · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

Not only happening in the UK
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/canada_security

PhillipFromTexas · Frequent Guest Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 49

What is happening with this investigation? As this case gets colder and colder and the evidence begins to fade, it is too bad that some international-based police unit could not work alongside the Russian police in solving this case.

jo jo 7 · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:

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