From Russia with love…
March 22, 2008 at 4:45 pm | In Politics | Leave a CommentTags: Freedom of speech, Killing, Russia
Well, Russia has done it again…killed journalists that is. According to the International Herald Tribune article (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/22/news/Russia-Journalists-Killed.php) ” [Ilyas] Shurpayev, 32, worked for the national channel that served as a Kremlin mouthpiece and has not contradicted the official viewpoint in his reports, the minister said”. But why is that relevant? Continue reading From Russia with love……
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