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Dear readers! It is likely that next year you will not see the Novaya Gazeta or in kiosks or in your mailbox. We may be close. There is a law under which officials of a special agency - Roskomnadzora - have the right to make any newspaper warned. Two warnings - closing the media. Journalists have the right to appeal the warning in court. The court has the right to stand on the side of officials or to the side of journalists. This is - a theory. And the practice is. March 31, 2010 Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, accusing us that we advocate fascist views.

For several months we have tried to challenge this decision offensive, but go ahead Tagansky court fool: attempted to send us to the court of arbitration, which does not deal with such matters.Finally in September of Civil Procedure still took place - the result: the court's opinion, warning was issued correctly.

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What aroused the officials? Article Banda, an agency party.Who are the legitimate nationalist "- a study on the ultra-right organizations that openly preach nationalist views. Promotional texts we have quoted the site "Russian way", the Nazis took from the site and the photos that people who call themselves legitimate politicians, hung with symbols similar to the Nazi point of confusion. (Notarized copies of these materials wouldIs presented to the court.)

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Why we do it? Then that Novaya Gazeta for many years taken a principled anti-fascist stance: it requires the authorities to investigate the activities of national extremists, explains to people what constitutes activists numerous "patriotic" movements shlyayuschiesya Russian march through the center of Moscow, keeps statistics of victims of the Nationalists.(A few kilograms of these texts have been submitted to the court.)

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In January 2009, the Nazis killed our journalist Anastasia Baburova and friend of our editorial counsel Markelov - in the center of Moscow, was shot in the head. It was the public execution of anti-fascists. (The court was aware of these circumstances.)

We conducted its investigation and found: persons who are now charged with murder, chatted with members of the "Russian way" and had some relevance to it.Meanwhile, the Russian image "advertises itself as neekstremistskuyu and non-fascist organization. To the readers and law enforcement agencies formed about these citizens the right idea, we have cited their policy documents and present them with photos of Nazi symbols. (Court is known.)

We expected that after the publication Roskomnadzor attend to the fact of the existence of the site "Russian way", and the prosecutor's office will check to further criminal charges.

Roskomnadzor bothered - but not far right, and "Novaya Gazeta".

And because we are entitled to ask: support ultra-right and attempts to close media outlets that they oppose it - the policy of all executive and judicial power in Russia?

If still no, then headed Roskomnadzora Mr. Sitnikov SKit is hoped that from the world of shame his agency will save a higher court, in which, as Chairmantionally, work not idiots.

Source: Record on LiveJournal Novaya Gazeta