Russia

The following is a 28 January 2000 IPI letter to Vladimir Putin: His Excellency Vladimir Putin Acting President of the Russian Federation Moscow Russia Vienna, 28 January 2000 Fax: +7 095 206 5173 / 206 6277 Your Excellency, On behalf of the International Press Institute – the global network of editors and media executives dedicated […]

The following is a 27 January 2000 CPJ news alert: CPJ Urges Russian Authorities to Intensify Search Efforts for Missing Journalist The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonpartisan organization dedicated to safeguarding press freedom around the world, is gravely concerned with the recent disappearance of Russian journalist and 10-year veteran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty […]

In a letter to President Boris Yeltsin, WAN expressed its serious concern at the growing harassment of the Russian regional press by local authorities. According to reports, in November 1999 a number of local authorities actively obstructed the free flow of information via newspapers and broadcasting outlets. Reported incidents include: – In Novosibirsk, 50,000 copies […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a 1 December 1999 GDF press release: Moscow, December 1, 1999 Kaliningrad: Independent TV/Radio Company “Kaskad” Director Suffers Assault Igor Rostov, General Director of the independent TV/radio company “Kaskad”, suffered an assault in Kaliningrad at 7:30 p.m. (local time) on November 19. Two unidentified persons attacked Mr. Rostov near a […]

CPJ is gravely concerned about a series of recent attacks on journalists covering the conflict in Chechnya. Two Chechen cameramen have been killed in recent weeks, while a Russian reporter and a French photojournalist have disappeared. Ramzan Mezhidov, a freelance cameraman working for the Moscow-based TV Tsentr, and Shamil Gigayev, a cameraman for the independent […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a GDF press release: Moscow, November 18, 1999 Press release Journalist with popular newspaper beaten In Belgorod on November 17, 1999, at 10.30 a.m., Andrei Yegonyants (Yants), a correspondent in Belgorod province with the Moscow newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was cruelly beaten by militia officers. While returning from a meeting with […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a GDF press release: **For information on the Ependiyev case, see IFEX alerts of 5 November and 1 November 1999** Moscow, November 10, 1999 Press-release Chechen Republic: second victim among journalists On October 29, on the route from Grozny to Nazran, during the Russian air bombing of a convoy of […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly alarmed by a murder attempt and series of death threats against Sergei Zhubinsky, a reporter with the privately-owned local XXI Vek television station in Achinsk, in the Krasnoyarsk region. In early May, Zhubinsky began receiving anonymous telephone calls threatening him and his family. The callers ordered Zhubinsky to stop broadcasting […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is gravely concerned by the death of Supian Ependiyev, a veteran correspondent for the independent Chechnya weekly “Groznenskiy Rabochiy”, in a recent rocket attack on the Chechen capital, Grozny. **Updates IFEX alert of 1 November 1999** On the evening of 27 October 1999, several rockets hit a crowded outdoor market in central […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a GDF press release: First victim-journalist in the Second Chechen War According to the report of Musa Muradov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Groznensky Rabochiy”, on 27 October 1999, in Grozny, Supian Ependiyev, a correspondent with the newspaper, was mortally wounded by rocket fire. After several missiles burst in the middle […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a GDF press release: Moscow, October 29, 1999 On October 28, 1999, Anthony Loyd, a military correspondent with The Times newspaper, and Tyler Hicks, a freelance journalist contributing to The New York Times newspaper, were detained at a Federal forces checkpoint on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia. They were […]

(GDF/IFEX) – The following is a 27 October 1999 GDF press release: Moscow, October 27, 1999 Journalists covering the Chechen events harassed 1. On October 25, in the territory of Ingushetia near the administrative border with Chechnya, a Russian officer who had not introduced himself deprived Oleg Kusov, a correspondent with Radio Liberty, of his […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 27 August, 23 August, 16 August, 24 June, 20 April, 31 March and 30 March 1999** 18 October 1999 Caucasus: Seventeen journalists kidnapped in two year period Two Russian journalists, Dmitri Balbourov and Said Issayev, have been missing in the Caucasus region […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply troubled by a recent series of attacks against correspondents from Radio Lemma in Vladivostok, as well as by efforts on the part of regional and municipal authorities to shut down the popular independent radio station. The attacks started shortly after Radio Lemma began broadcasting investigative reports about Vostoktranslot, the largest […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 24 August 1999 RSF press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 August, 16 August, 24 June, 20 April, 31 March and 30 March 1999** Russian Caucasus: at least sixteen journalists kidnapped over two-year period The kidnapping of Vladimir Yatsin, a photographer with the Russian press agency Itar Tass, brought […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply troubled by efforts to restrict media coverage of the conflict in Dagestan on the part of the Russian government, as well as Dagestani and Chechen authorities. **New case and update to IFEX alert of 16 August 1999** On 17 August 1999, the new Russian Ministry for the Press, Television and […]