Russia must investigate intimidation

We issued the following statement after press reports that the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta received a package containing severed donkey ears at its Moscow offices on Tuesday. The package came with a sign “from the administration of the president of the Russian Federation,” the business daily Kommersant reported…

“We are disturbed by this attempt to intimidate our colleagues at Novaya Gazeta and call on Russian authorities to aggressively and thoroughly investigate this incident,” said CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova. “The threats and provocations against one of Russia’s most critical publications must be stopped.”