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Russian Journalist dies in Mysterious Fall
In Moscow, a respected Russian journalist named Ivan Safronov mysteriously plunged to his death from the 5th floor of his apartment building on Friday. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists he is the 14th journalist to die under questionable circumstances since Vladimir Putin took power.
Russian Critic Shot In Maryland Days After Appearing on NBC
Meanwhile here in this country, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin named Paul Joyal was shot and injured Thursday outside his home in Maryland. The shooting occurred four days after Joyal appeared on Dateline NBC and accused Russian agents of being involved in the radiation poisoning of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. On the program Joyal said a ""message has been communicated to anyone who wants to speak out against the Kremlin: "If you do, no matter who you are, where you are, we will find you and we will silence you in the most horrible way possible."" Another person who appeared on the same Dateline NBC program, the journalist Daniel McGrory of The Times of London, died in London two weeks ago. At the time, MSNBC reported that the cause of death was a heart attack. Last week the new U.S. national intelligence director Mike McConnell criticized the state of affairs in Russia. His comments came during questioning by Republican Senator John Warner.
Mike McConnell: And what I've learned so far is the march to democracy has taken a back step. And now --
Sen. Warner: In Russia.
McConnell: In Russia.
Sen. Warner: Regrettably.
McConnell: There's more arrangements to control the process and the populace and the parties and so on, to the point of picking the next leader of Russia. Don't know that that's been done with 100 percent assurity, but, in fact, we are seeing behavior that would take them down that path. They're doing a few things."
Police in Russia Arrest 100 At Protest
In other news from Russia, several thousand anti-government protesters marched in St. Petersburg to protest what they said was Russia's roll back from democracy. Police responded by clubbing demonstrators and arresting more than 100 people.
Source: Democracy Now, March 5, 2007
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Another infuriating case of Democracy Now failing to connect the dots and point out that the U.S. has lost all credibility, all moral standing, on human rights abuses, including murder, such as these.
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Russian Journalist dies in Mysterious Fall
In Moscow, a respected Russian journalist named Ivan Safronov mysteriously plunged to his death from the 5th floor of his apartment building on Friday. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists he is the 14th journalist to die under questionable circumstances since Vladimir Putin took power.
Russian Critic Shot In Maryland Days After Appearing on NBC
Meanwhile here in this country, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin named Paul Joyal was shot and injured Thursday outside his home in Maryland. The shooting occurred four days after Joyal appeared on Dateline NBC and accused Russian agents of being involved in the radiation poisoning of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. On the program Joyal said a ""message has been communicated to anyone who wants to speak out against the Kremlin: "If you do, no matter who you are, where you are, we will find you and we will silence you in the most horrible way possible."" Another person who appeared on the same Dateline NBC program, the journalist Daniel McGrory of The Times of London, died in London two weeks ago. At the time, MSNBC reported that the cause of death was a heart attack. Last week the new U.S. national intelligence director Mike McConnell criticized the state of affairs in Russia. His comments came during questioning by Republican Senator John Warner.
Mike McConnell: And what I've learned so far is the march to democracy has taken a back step. And now --
Sen. Warner: In Russia.
McConnell: In Russia.
Sen. Warner: Regrettably.
McConnell: There's more arrangements to control the process and the populace and the parties and so on, to the point of picking the next leader of Russia. Don't know that that's been done with 100 percent assurity, but, in fact, we are seeing behavior that would take them down that path. They're doing a few things."
Police in Russia Arrest 100 At Protest
In other news from Russia, several thousand anti-government protesters marched in St. Petersburg to protest what they said was Russia's roll back from democracy. Police responded by clubbing demonstrators and arresting more than 100 people.
Source: Democracy Now, March 5, 2007
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Another infuriating case of Democracy Now failing to connect the dots and point out that the U.S. has lost all credibility, all moral standing, on human rights abuses, including murder, such as these.
TLC
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