Information about an intimidation campaign launched by
Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee,
against Sergei Sokolov, journalist of oppositional Novaya
Gazeta, is extremely alarming.
It provides ample grounds to begin an immediate investigation
of what happened on June 4 in Nalchik and the Moscow region.
We demand that such an investigation is conducted and full
information on the results of such investigation must be publicized.
We also believe that until the investigation is completed,
more attention should be paid to security provisions for Novaya
Gazeta journalists.
We support [Editor-in-Chief] Dmitry Muratov, Sergei Sokolov,
and the whole team of the paper, their work is extremely important
for our country, both for the society and the state.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chair of the YABLOKO party
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of Assembly
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