Journalists Protest against "Political Provocation"

Editors of leading Russian media published a letter in support of Russian Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Mikhail Fishman. The pro-Kremlin movement “Nashi” activists posted on the internet a video, apparently recorded by a police hidden camera, arguably evidencing that Fishman offered a bribe to a traffic police officer. The journalists’ letter calls the posting a “well-organized political provocation,” and its authors “anonymous blackmailers with connections in law-enforcement bodies and political structures.” Fishman stated that the recording was edited in a misleading way and that he would file a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

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