(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 11 May 1998, the military prosecutor for the Far East region of the Russian Federation has renewed the imprisonment of Grigory Pasko. Pasko, who worked for the Russian Navy newspaper “Boevaya Vakhta” and for the Japanese media (the daily newspaper “Asaki” and the NHK television station) […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 11 May 1998, the
military prosecutor for the Far East region of the Russian Federation has
renewed the imprisonment of Grigory Pasko. Pasko, who worked for the Russian
Navy newspaper “Boevaya Vakhta” and for the Japanese media (the daily
newspaper “Asaki” and the NHK television station) was arrested on 20
November 1997 following a trip to Japan. At that time, members of the
Federal Security Services (FSB) searched his home, confiscating his
computer, his camera, all of his documents, and other communication
equipment. He is being detained in a probation prison (SIZO) in Vladivostok
(far eastern Russia). According to Navy Admiral German Ugrumov, Pasko is
accused of “gathering state secrets in order to pass them on to foreign
organisations”
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