RFE: Dozens Gather In Moscow To Condemn Government Pressure On Independent Media
Dozens of people gathered in central Moscow on September 4 to protest the Russian government’s recent crackdown on independent media.
Participants at the rally on Chistoprudny Boulevard were mostly members of the Yabloko opposition party, journalists, and opposition candidates in Russia's September 19 parliamentary elections.
In their speeches, the candidates condemned the government’s recent designation of several independent media outlets and journalists as “foreign agents” – a label that implies an attempt to discredit the journalists or that applies additional government scrutiny.
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Update #1: Russians rally against govt pressure on independent media (AP)
Update #2: Russians rally against government pressure on independent media (FOX News)
WNU Editor: The crowd was disappointingly very small.
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