Russia is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists
At the meeting of the Investigating committee with representatives of the NGO Committee to Protect Journalist Rights was stated that Russia is among the three countries, where the journalist's work is the most dangerous.
Such a statement was made by a member of the board of directors of committee, the former head of this international organization Katie Marton.
"17 murders of journalists during several years, and almost all of them except for one murder remain unsolved," - remarked Morton. However, she stressed that Russia hosts no military operations, and majority of the dead journalists cooperated with the opposition newspapers and magazines.
However, she acknowledged that the Investigation Committee that was created two years ago made a lot to investigate the many resonant crimes, including ones against members of the media. "You're probably the best organization of this kind - said Morton, - to which we can now turn here, because you can investigate these crimes."
Representatives of the Committee passed to the Investigation Committee a list of those killed or missing journalists. This list contained the names of Ivan Safronov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Vagif Kochetkov, Magomed Yevloyev, Anastasia Baburova (killed, along with a lawyer Stanislav Markelov), the St. Petersburg missing journalist Maxim Maximov, and some other colleagues of Russian journalists.
Coordinator of Committee for Europe and Asia, Nina Ognianova said that the killing of journalists is always a wide resonance within society. According to her, killing of Russia's journalists are often presented as a domestic violence.
Among all the cases two of the most high-profile ones were particularly highlighted. They are those causing a wide resonance in the West: Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya and American journalist Paul Khlebnikov.
However, too much publicity in the investigation of high-profile cases not always makes it possible to effectively conduct the investigation. This was noted by the head of the international legal department of the Investigative Committee, Lieutenant General Michael Yadrov. He brought such an example: too much information transparency in a European country allowed alleged perpetrator of the murder of Politkovskaya to escape.
As for Yuri Shchekochikhin, whose name was in a sad list of journalists killed in Russia, the head of department for cooperation with mass media of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin recalled: a criminal case about the death of a journalist and State Duma deputy was initiated only after the creation of this committee.
Such a statement was made by a member of the board of directors of committee, the former head of this international organization Katie Marton.
"17 murders of journalists during several years, and almost all of them except for one murder remain unsolved," - remarked Morton. However, she stressed that Russia hosts no military operations, and majority of the dead journalists cooperated with the opposition newspapers and magazines.
However, she acknowledged that the Investigation Committee that was created two years ago made a lot to investigate the many resonant crimes, including ones against members of the media. "You're probably the best organization of this kind - said Morton, - to which we can now turn here, because you can investigate these crimes."
Representatives of the Committee passed to the Investigation Committee a list of those killed or missing journalists. This list contained the names of Ivan Safronov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Vagif Kochetkov, Magomed Yevloyev, Anastasia Baburova (killed, along with a lawyer Stanislav Markelov), the St. Petersburg missing journalist Maxim Maximov, and some other colleagues of Russian journalists.
Coordinator of Committee for Europe and Asia, Nina Ognianova said that the killing of journalists is always a wide resonance within society. According to her, killing of Russia's journalists are often presented as a domestic violence.
Among all the cases two of the most high-profile ones were particularly highlighted. They are those causing a wide resonance in the West: Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya and American journalist Paul Khlebnikov.
However, too much publicity in the investigation of high-profile cases not always makes it possible to effectively conduct the investigation. This was noted by the head of the international legal department of the Investigative Committee, Lieutenant General Michael Yadrov. He brought such an example: too much information transparency in a European country allowed alleged perpetrator of the murder of Politkovskaya to escape.
As for Yuri Shchekochikhin, whose name was in a sad list of journalists killed in Russia, the head of department for cooperation with mass media of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin recalled: a criminal case about the death of a journalist and State Duma deputy was initiated only after the creation of this committee.
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