Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Magazine Accused of Disclosing Russia’s Rocket Secrets

Roskomnadzor, the Russian agency for mass media supervision, issued a reprimand to Vlast magazine, published by Kommersant, for disclosing in an article allegedly secret information on the Russian strategic rocket forces (a list of military units, rocket performance characteristics, etc.). Two such reprimands can be grounds for shutting down a publication. Vlast intends to challenge the reprimand in court, arguing that the information was taken from open sources, such as the Defense Ministry web site and military newspapers.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1338367
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1286073

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