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by the Russian military, almost completely deprived the Russian public of the independent information on the conflict. Local journalists in Chechnya face intense harassment and obstruction, while foreign journalists and media outlets are pressured into censoring their reports on the conflict, making
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asked Russians how they thought the situation in Chechnya was covered in the Russian media: 49 percent said they thought the coverage does not give a clear sense of what is happening, while 28 percent said it is not objective and "hides" the problems that exist there. Only 11 percent said they were
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newspaper, was forced to resign after criticism by the major shareholders of both style and content of the September 4, 2004 issue. In contrast to the less emotional coverage by other Russian newspapers,
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conducted a week after Beslan crisis, 83% of polled Russians believed that the government was hiding at least a part of the truth about the Beslan events from them. According to the poll by
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In several incidents reporters critical of the Russian government could not get to Beslan during the crisis. They included Andrey Babitsky, who was indicted on
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in 1999, Russian federal authorities are alleged to have implemented a plan to use legal and extralegal methods to limit media access to the conflict region.
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said that the correspondent Nana Lezhava, who had been kept for fives days in the Russian pre-trial detention centers, had been poisoned with dangerous
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was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "inciting ethnic hatred" in his reports about the conflict in Chechnya. On 7 October 2006,
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only with permission from those directing counter-terrorist operations. On August 2, 2005, responding to the airing of an interview with
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had featured large pictures of dead or injured hostages. It also expressed doubts about the government's version of events.
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by Timothy L. Thomas, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS (early 1999-2000 phase of the conflict)
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In 2005, the Duma passed the law making the journalists being able to have access to and publish information about
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The Russian government's control of all Russian television stations and its use of repressive rules, harassment,
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Practically all the local Chechen media are now under total control of the pro-Moscow Chechen government of
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radio station, 92% of the people polled said that Russian TV channels concealed parts of information.
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Many foreign journalists were exposed to pressure from the security forces and the materials were
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In 2006, the Duma approved the Law on Fighting Extremist Activity, broadening the definition of "
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were issued orders to stop informing the media of any "incidents of a terrorist nature."
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it nearly impossible for journalists to provide balanced coverage of Chechnya.
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In September 2007, police and security forces in the neighbouring republic of
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Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship
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Russia: Moscow Says It Will Punish U.S. TV Network Over Basaev Interview
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after a brawl with two men who picked a fight with him in the Moscow
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Since 2001, with the headlines dominated by news of the
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and attacks on journalists, including the kidnapping of
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Mereu, Francesca; Saradzhyan, Simon (March 18, 2005). "
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For censorship in other times of Russian history, see
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Inquiry urged into 'poisoning' of Russian journalist
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Index

Russian government censorship of Chechnya coverage
Russian censorship
Second Chechen War
censorship
intimidation
Radio Liberty
Andrei Babitsky
Israeli-Arab conflict
War on Terrorism
self-censorship
terrorist attacks
Shamil Basayev
American Broadcasting Company
extremism
Russian-Chechen Friendship Society
executive director
Boris Stomakhin
Anna Politkovskaya
contract killing
Levada Center
poll
Ingushetia
Ramzan Kadyrov
hooliganism
Vnukovo Airport
Novaya Gazeta
Anna Politkovskaya
coma
poisoned
Rostov-on-Don

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