Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Newspaper Sues Duma Speaker for Libel

Leading Russian business newspaper Vedomosti sued State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov for libel for asserting that the newspaper is connected to terrorists. After the recent terrorist attack in the Moscow subway and a Vedomosti article on the matter, highly critical of Russian authorities, Gryzlov said: “I suspect that such publications and terrorist actions are connected to each other.”

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/27/sue/

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