FSB interrogates ORChD correspondents in Achkhoi-Martan districtPRESS-RELEASE #1205 FROM MARCH 13, 2005
March 13, 2005. A reporter from the IC RCFS, Petimat Tokaeva, was questioned by the regional FSB of the Achkhoy-Martan district as witness in the case against the newspaper "Pravo'Zashchita". The interrogation, which lasted for about forty minutes, was carried out by Major Konovalov. Tokaeva was asked questions regarding her work for the information center of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and the nature of her relationship with the editor in chief of the center and the publication "Pravo-Zashchitao" Stanislav Dmitrievskiy.
Earlier, since March 1, the FSB have called for questioning present and former workers for the information center; namely Khedi Idalova, Minkail Ezhiev, Kilab Ezhiev, Zurani Kuzumova (Grozniy FSB), Vokazu Khalitov (Gudermesskiy FSB), and Zelimkhan Islamov (Shalinskiy FSB).
As has been reported earlier, on January 11, 2005, the Nizhni Novgorod province prosecutor opened a criminal case based on the second paragraph, article 280 in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public incitement to carry out acts of extremism) regarding the publication in the paper "Pravo-Zashchita" of two statements by Aslan Maskhadov and Akmed Zakaev appealing for peaceful negotiations in the Russian-Chechen conflict. The investigation is being conducted by the Nizhni Novgorod province FSB. "Pravo-Zashchita" is jointly published by IC RCFS and the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights. On January 20 the editor in chief of the publication Stanislav Dmitrievskiy was called as a witness in the case, and documents were seized in the joint offices of the two organizations, in particular the employee contracts of people working in Chechnya. In the past days the FSB has interrogated a number of other workers at IC RCFS.
Source: ORChD
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