Russia 'impeded media' in Beslan
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The OSCE condemns Russia's handling of the media during the bloody Beslan school siege.
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Russian papers voices alarm at President Putin's plans to overhaul the power structure in response to Beslan.
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MOSCOW -- After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a haven for critical reporting and vibrant discussion in Russia's dwindling public sphere.
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RSFâs third annual worlwide press freedom index says East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom records EU members among the first 40; Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia lag behind.
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Reporting on the Kremlin is like trying to understand a chess game when unable to see the board, says the BBC's James Rodgers.
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One of the biggest complaints made by opposition candidates in Ukraine's presidential election campaign has been lack of access to mass media.
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A journalist with Russia s state-owned Channel One television, Pavel Sheremet, was detained by police in the Belarus capital Minsk on Sunday evening, Russia s news agency Interfax reports.
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Test results indicate Russian authorities drugged a Georgian journalist who was detained covering the school standoff in southern Russia, a medical expert said, raising new concern about allegations the government tried to hinder coverage of the crisis.
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The dismissal in June of Leonid Parfyonov, one of the best-known screen faces in Russia whose programme often tested the limits of Kremlin-defined political correctness, triggered fears of further crackdown on media freedom.
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MOSCOW. Dec 9 (Interfax) - The BBC has stopped its FM radio broadcasts in Moscow, although it is continuing to broadcast on medium wave. "Our core medium wave broadcasts in Moscow are continuing. We are also continuing to broadcast on FM in St. Petersburg.
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Russia's Television Academy gave top awards to three programs that have recently been banned from the country's airwaves in what industry sources said was a protest over the government's alleged interference in the freedom of the media.
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Russia demanded that Britain halt a planned broadcast by Channel 4 television of an interview with Chechen rebel commander Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the Beslan hostage taking that killed more than 340 people.
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Russian public opinion is split over the hostage drama in the southern Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia. Most Russians still view their civic position and political opinion as radicalism and irreconcilability.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the media could not just be passive observers in the face of terrorist threats and called on journalists to use their work to advance the anti-terrorist cause.
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Â· OSCE says restrictions prevent it doing its jobÂ· Russia accuses observers of double standards
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Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a link between Russia&#39;s policies in Chechnya and the tragedy in Beslan. Britain&#39;s Guardian newspaper said Putin is again rejecting calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives.
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The violent hostage-taking at a school in Russia last week blamed on Chechen terrorists has sparked condemnation from the Arab media in the Middle East.