Glasnost Defence Foundation Weekly Digest

Digest No. 567 23 April 2012 Story of the week CPJ Impunity Index: Killers still go unpunished Russia 1. Novocherkasskiye Vedomosti editor Irina Vassilyeva fired for fourth time (Rostov Region, South 2. “Dagestan” news agency’s chief accountant killed (Republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus) 3. Police and prosecutors see release and circulation of duplicate newspapers as non-criminal practice (Omsk, Siberia) 4. Government official claims hurt by critical publication (Voronezh, Central Russia) 5. Controllers grow more active about closing non-operating media (St. Petersburg) 6. Presidential envoy keeps independent press at arm’s length (Khabarovsk Region, Far East) Azerbaijan Journalist Idrak Abbbasov attacked in Baku Kazakhstan Freelance journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov gravely wounded in Uralsk Our contributors 1. United Russia leader and district newspaper editor fined for unlawful campaigning for Putin (Omsk Region, Siberia) 2. Defence lawyer releases book marking 25 years of his victory in court over KGB (Perm, Volga) [Read more]