January 25, 2007 at 7:40 pmNo one is buried
The top material of the Internet newspaper Pravda.Ru was released today with the threatening phrase “We will bury you!” in the title. This is a quote, its author is a member of the Presidium of the Political Council of the SPS Party Boris Nadezhdin. He addresses his words to the columnist of Pravda.Ru Andrei Shcherbakov, who asked him a number of uncomfortable questions at a press conference at Interfax yesterday. In a published statement, the newspaper’s editorial staff consistently pursues the idea that it will not allow its employee to be “buried”.
"Pravda.Ru is not inclined to consider such statements simply as an unsuccessful joke of a well-known liberal politician," the newspaper writes. activities not from the front side, led to sad consequences, up to the physical elimination of people. " According to the publication, the cause of Nadezhdin’s negative attack may be Shcherbakov ’s article “Concrete business loves PCA. For what?" , which, apparently, just demonstrates the mentioned approach "not with the front door."
The editors further note that the Union of Right Forces is following the path of the Yabloko party, which in every way infringes on the rights of Pravda.Ru journalists, refusing accreditation and giving offensive assessments of their activities. The editors reserve the right to appeal to law enforcement agencies, and are now waiting for comments from human rights activists from the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Glasnost Defense Fund, and the Moscow Helsinki Group.
However, at the moment, reaction has only come from SPS lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. He attended the conference, but does not confirm that a member of the Presidium of the SPS Political Council threatened the journalist with reprisal, reports Regnum. According to him, Nadezhdin, like himself, only ironically commented on Shcherbakov’s “not quite adequate” behavior, after which, perhaps, he was offended. He noted that the "inadequacy" of Shcherbakov should have been noticed by many present.
One way or another, while Russian publications refer to the incident only by quotes from the editorial statement of Pravda.Ru, making it clear that threats to reporters doing their duty are unacceptable.
"Pravda.Ru is not inclined to consider such statements simply as an unsuccessful joke of a well-known liberal politician," the newspaper writes. activities not from the front side, led to sad consequences, up to the physical elimination of people. " According to the publication, the cause of Nadezhdin’s negative attack may be Shcherbakov ’s article “Concrete business loves PCA. For what?" , which, apparently, just demonstrates the mentioned approach "not with the front door."
The editors further note that the Union of Right Forces is following the path of the Yabloko party, which in every way infringes on the rights of Pravda.Ru journalists, refusing accreditation and giving offensive assessments of their activities. The editors reserve the right to appeal to law enforcement agencies, and are now waiting for comments from human rights activists from the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Glasnost Defense Fund, and the Moscow Helsinki Group.
However, at the moment, reaction has only come from SPS lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. He attended the conference, but does not confirm that a member of the Presidium of the SPS Political Council threatened the journalist with reprisal, reports Regnum. According to him, Nadezhdin, like himself, only ironically commented on Shcherbakov’s “not quite adequate” behavior, after which, perhaps, he was offended. He noted that the "inadequacy" of Shcherbakov should have been noticed by many present.
One way or another, while Russian publications refer to the incident only by quotes from the editorial statement of Pravda.Ru, making it clear that threats to reporters doing their duty are unacceptable.