penamerican: Russian investigator Aleksandr I. Bastrykin apologizes for allegedly threatening to kill Sergei Sokolov, deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta. His apology included sending Sokolov a wristwatch. Three reporters from Novaya Gazeta have been killed in the past decade. Meanwhile, Sokolov had fled into exile. We will be posting Russian PEN’s response to the apology soon. (via Russia’s Chief Federal Investigator Apologizes for Threatening Journalist - NYTimes.com)

penamerican:

Russian investigator Aleksandr I. Bastrykin apologizes for allegedly threatening to kill Sergei Sokolov, deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta. His apology included sending Sokolov a wristwatch. Three reporters from Novaya Gazeta have been killed in the past decade. Meanwhile, Sokolov had fled into exile. We will be posting Russian PEN’s response to the apology soon.

(via Russia’s Chief Federal Investigator Apologizes for Threatening Journalist - NYTimes.com)

Source: The New York Times
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