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Internews Welcomes Media Leader's Legal Win in Russia
June 15th, 2008
Internews Network welcomes the news that a Russian court has deemed unconstitutional the criminal charges brought against the leader of a Russian media NGO. Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Russian-based Educated Media Foundation (EMF), an organization that was the successor to Internews Russia, won a major appeal in the country's constitutional court on Tuesday. Aslamazyan had faced what observers had seen as trumped-up charges of smuggling when she was stopped while entering the country with cash that just barely exceeded the legal limit without declaring it. "This is a welcome signal from Russia, which has exhibited tremendous hostility toward...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-06-15)
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