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Chechnyan newspaper shut down after Putin press conference
2012-12-21
A reporter lucky enough to be called on at Vladimir Putin's news conference on Thursday wasn't so fortunate for her newspaper. The newspaper, Kadyrov's Path, was promptly shut down by local officials in Chechnya for illegally naming itself in honor of assassinated Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov.

The decision was approved by Kadyrov's son, Chechnya's current leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who said the publication had not asked for his family's permission to use the family name. "It is not ethical in this sense," he said.

He also said the reporter had asked questions of a "provocative character" without elaborating. The journalist, Balkhas Dudayeva, in her question, called Chechnya a "zone of peace and stability" and asked Putin what he would do about "negative events moving to the neighboring republics."

The newspaper, launched last year to commemorate what would have been Akhmad Kadyrov's 60th birthday, was not unknown to local officials. Chechnya's official news agency praised the newspaper on its launch for its decision to adopt Kadyrov's name.
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