1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Russian editor faces five years in prison for “extremist activity” - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WmrDQSnTjg"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/03/russian-editor-faces-five-years-in-prison-for-extr/">Russian editor faces five years in prison for “extremist activity”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/03/russian-editor-faces-five-years-in-prison-for-extr/embed/#?secret=WmrDQSnTjg" width="600" height="338" title="“Russian editor faces five years in prison for “extremist activity”” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="WmrDQSnTjg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, March 28, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the criminal prosecution of Viktor Shmakov, editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper Provintsialnye Vesti (Provincial News) in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. Prosecutors in the regional capital Ufa, 680 miles (1100 kilometers) east of Moscow, have charged Shmakov with “public calls for the realization…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260