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Two journalists physically attacked in separate incidents in Novosibirsk

Published on 23 April 2013Read

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Death of a hero

Mikhail Beketov: a fighter for press freedom

Published on 8 April 2013Read

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Authorities claim to have identified human rights activist’s murderer

Alexander Bastrykin, the chief investigator at the Russian prosecutor’s office, today told a visiting delegation from the New York-based Committee (...)

Published on 28 September 2010 Read

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Police raid Moscow weekly in bid to identify sources

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday’s three-hour raid on The New Times, an independent Moscow-based weekly, by armed and masked police (...)

Published on 3 September 2010 Read

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Muslim news agency journalists missing for past week in Dagestan

Reporters Without Borders is worried about the disappearance of the head of a Muslim news agency and his deputy a week ago in Makhachkala, the (...)

Published on 27 August 2010 Read

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Journalist gunned down in capital of Dagestan

Reporters Without Borders condemns the murder of Magomedvagif Sultanmagomedov, a Muslim scholar who was the head of Makhachkala TV and the Nurul (...)

Published on 26 August 2010 Read

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Official website’s inaccessibility raises questions about information transparency

The website of the Russian Centre for the Protection of Forests, also known as Roslesozashchita (www.rcfh.ru), has been inaccessible since 13 (...)

Published on 16 August 2010 Read

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Journalists interrogated, photos seized after protesters attack official building in Khimki

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the raids on news media and journalists that the interior ministry has carried out as part of its (...)

Published on 12 August 2010 Read

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Court orders YouTube and four other sites blocked over “extremist” content

Reporters Without Borders condemns the draconian and disproportionate ruling issued by judge Anna Eisenberg in the Russian far-east city of (...)

Published on 30 July 2010 Read

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Two journalists arbitrarily arrested while covering attack on Khimki forest protesters

Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Elena Kostyuchenko, a reporter for the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Yury Timofeyev, (...)

Published on 28 July 2010 Read