According to RIANovosti, yesterday, the heads of Russia's leading media outlets sent an open letter to the interior minister demanding protection for journalists and society against police arbitrariness after a court fined a photographer for covering an anti-government rally. The fine was about $17, but it's the pinciple of the thing! The letter said the journalistic community is alarmed the incident may set a precedent for prosecuting journalists "while they perform their professional duty" in Russia.
Is it wrong that all I can think is "at least he wasn't poisoned or shot"?
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Nice.
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