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2006-02-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia caves in to Islamonutz
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Posted by Unique Battle 2006-02-17 12:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Not that The Soviet Union Russia has ever been a bastion of free speech or anything. I'd love to see how they'll reconcile this with their campaign in Chechnya.
Posted by Zenster 2006-02-17 13:11||   2006-02-17 13:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Sweden did the same. Buhbye freedom of speech. click
Posted by jpal 2006-02-17 13:13||   2006-02-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 possibly this newspaper, Gorodskiye Vesti, had ticked off someone in the recent past and the authorities were just looking for a reason to close it

It would follow a russian template.
Posted by mhw 2006-02-17 14:12||   2006-02-17 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone keeping a scorecard? I'm losing track of who has and who hasn't capitulated.
Posted by Sherry 2006-02-17 14:35||   2006-02-17 14:35|| Front Page Top

#5 As with the cartoons themselves, they are just being used as an excuse. United Russia is the nationalist group created by Putin as a counterbalance against the growing fascist movement in Russia.

For them to be the guiding force for this closure makes as much sense as the Young Republicans demanding the closure of a Hispanic newspaper in the US, for writing an article opposed to illegal immigration. In other words, it doesn't make any sense, unless they were ordered to from the top.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-17 15:13||   2006-02-17 15:13|| Front Page Top

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