Journalists Killed in Russia 2000-2003
September 24, 2003 12:00 PM ET
Vladimir Yatsina, ITAR-TASS, February 20, 2000, Chechnya Yatsina, a photographer with the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, was killed in Chechnya by Chechen militants who had taken him hostage. Two former hostages, Alisher Orazaliyev from Kazakhstan, and Kirill Perchenko from Moscow,...
Attacks on the Press 2000: Russia
March 19, 2001 12:02 PM ET
THE ASCENDANCY OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN brought an alarming assault on press freedom in Russia last year. Under the new president, the Kremlin imposed censorship in Chechnya, orchestrated legal cases against powerful media barons, and granted sweeping powers of surveillance...
Adam Tepsurgayev
November 21, 2000 10:08 PM ET
Tepsurgayev, a 24-year-old Chechen cameraman, was shot dead at a neighbor's house in the village of Alkhan-Kala. His brother Ali was wounded in the leg during the attack.A Russian government spokesman blamed Chechen guerrillas for the murder. The gunmen...