a new wave of censorship...

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear colleagues,

Just to let you know about the disturbing news from St Petersburg  
regards a new wave of censorship.... You could find several  reports  
regarding the weekly newsaper Novyj Peterburg published in the last  
two days here:
http://www.newspb.org/

The latest issue was stopped by the local authorities and the editor  
Nikolai Adrushchenko has been arrested; the office has been searched,  
many items were taken away, including computers and discs, etc. The  
latest issue was meant to contain an article on Putin's critics and  
Marsh nesoglasnykh; G. Kasparov's essay and Adrushchenko's article  
criticising Putin's policies...

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk





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