[lbo-talk] Russia's Dagestan closes newspaper for extremism

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Fri Aug 8 16:51:32 PDT 2008


Russia's Dagestan closes newspaper for extremism http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Russia/idUSL638299920080806?sp=true

Wed Aug 6, 2008

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Russian authorities have closed a newspaper in the southern republic of Dagestan, accusing it of spreading extremist views, Russia's Prosecutor-General said on Wednesday.

The Prosecutor-General's office said the newspaper Chernovik in mainly Muslim Dagestan had glorified rebels and insulted Russian federal forces in an article with the headline "Number One Terrorists".\ http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Russia/idUSL638299920080806?sp=true



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