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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:22 AM

Sergei Sokolov

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Name: Sergei Sokolov
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 2 Documents
Soviet lessons from Afghanistan
Andrew North BBC News The problems faced by Soviet forces in Afghanistan carry echoes for Nato All the most senior ministers were at the Afghan strategy meeting.They knew things were not going well, but from their leader there was a whiff of panic. 'We ... [BBC - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Two charged over murders of Russian lawyer, reporter
MOSCOW (AFP) Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.The double murder of Stanislav Markelov, a ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
2 held in deaths of Russian lawyer, reporter
The arrests, announced by a top law enforcement official in a televised meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, came amid mounting criticism of the government's failure to find and punish culprits in a string of contract-style killings of reporters and ... [Washington Post - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
'Citizen Journalist' Honoured for Taser Video
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is honouringreporters, journalists and members of the general public in its presentation of the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards.The first CJFE Citizen Journalism Award goes to Paul Pritchard, who ... [Mediacaster - 11/13/2009]
First Reported 06/25/2009 - Updated 06/25/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Russian court overturns acquittal of men charged over Politkovskaya murder
The Kremlin was accused of seeking a scapegoat for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the crusading investigative reporter, after Russia's supreme court overturned the acquittal of three men linked to her death. The court ordered the suspects to face ... [Telegraph - 06/25/2009]
First Reported 08/07/2009 - Updated 08/07/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Russia rejects new Politkovskaya probe
MOSCOW (AFP) A Russian court Friday rejected an appeal for a new investigation into the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in a blow for her family who have bitterly criticised the probe.The decision means that a new trial of three ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/07/2009]
First Reported 09/03/2009 - Updated 09/03/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Court to reopen case of murdered journalist
Russias Supreme Court ordered a fresh investigation yesterday into the murder of the journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, raising hopes that an inquiry will identify those who ordered her assassination on Vladimir Putins birthday almost three ... [Times Online - 09/03/2009]
First Reported 10/06/2009 - Updated 10/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Politkovskaya son rebukes Moscow for barring activist
Head of Reporters Without Borders denied visa for event to mark third anniversary of the campaigning journalist's murder The son of the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya today accused the Russian authorities of 'stupidity' after they prevented the ... [Guardian Unlimited - 10/06/2009]
First Reported 10/07/2009 - Updated 10/07/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
RA's Daily Russian News Blast - October 7, 2009
TODAY: Third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya; Kadyrov wins his lawsuit against Memorial, launches another.  Gay marriage bid rejected; critical posters displayed around Moscow.  Medvedev gets his new speech writer; no independence recognition ... [Robert Amsterdam - 10/07/2009]
First Reported 10/07/2009 - Updated 10/07/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Russian journalist's unsolved killing remembered
MOSCOW (AFP) Three years after the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, hundreds attended a demonstration in her memory in central Moscow Wednesday, with the assassin and mastermind of the murder still at large.Around 500 people, including liberal ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/07/2009]
First Reported 10/15/2009 - Updated 10/15/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Politkovskaya's family still demand answers, justice
MOSCOW - Three years after the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, her family voiced doubts on Tuesday about the guilt of two men accused of a role in her killing and the Kremlin's will to catch the main suspects.The death of Politkovskaya, an outspoken ... [Canada.com - 10/15/2009]

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As the Politburo discussed a new aid request from Kabul in January 1987, Marshal Sergei Sokolov said: "in 1981, we gave them 100m roubles of free assistance. and all of that went to the elite. and there was nothing in the hamlets - no kerosene, no matches."
Soviet lessons from Afghanistan [BBC - 11/18/2009]
...the double shooting looked nothing like a typical Russian ultranationalist attack, which generally involves knives and large groups of assailants. "i would be careful about saying that this crime has been solved" said Sergei Sokolov, deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta, the opposition newspaper where Baburova worked and that Markelov counted among his clients...
2 held in deaths of Russian lawyer, reporter [Washington Post - 11/06/2009]

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RA's Daily Russian News Blast - October 7, 2009 [Robert Amsterdam - 10/07/2009]
TODAY: Third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya; Kadyrov wins his lawsuit against Memorial, launches another.  Gay marriage bid rejected; critical ...
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