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U.N. Inaction on Russian Federation
All Actions of the UN Human Rights System Critical of Specific States, 2007
Anna Politkovskaya, another investigative journalist who worked for Novaya Gazeta, was fatally shot in October
Source: BBC
Russia, February 7, 2007
Russian journalist seeks political asylum in Ukraine
Original source
"A Russian journalist has requested political asylum in Ukraine, he said Tuesday, claiming that authorities in Siberia fabricated a criminal case against him as retribution for his investigations into suspected corruption among regional officials.
Alexander Kosvintsev said he feared for his safety in Russia because of his work, including with a paper he founded in the 1990s in his home region of Kemerovo, in central Siberia. He told The Associated Press that the subjects of his journalistic probes included the regional governor, Aman Tuleyev.
He asserted that a criminal case authorities in Kemerovo opened against him on charges of illegal entrepreneurship was politically motivated and fabricated, and that law enforcement agents in the region have harassed his relatives in their efforts to prosecute him.
Journalists who criticize or investigate officials and companies, particularly in Russia's far-flung regions, often complain of harassment and threats by local authorities and gangs. Many observers contend that Russian authorities resent critical reporting and are uninterested in solving journalists' killings that have plagued the country."
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