Dmitry Peskov The Kremlin is watching the conflict of “the New newspaper” and representatives of the Chechen authorities because of an article about mass arrests in the region people with different sexual orientation. As reported the correspondent of”.ru”, reported the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. “We have also received an appeal from the chief editor of “Novaya Gazeta”, I, in particular, received a letter, which also describes this situation,” he said. According to him, if someone believes that the publication of the newspaper “were defamatory or distort reality, there are statutory methods of challenging and calling to the responsibility of the authors of those or other published materials” Peskov said that the Kremlin is “categorically against any other methods of influence, which would be contrary to the law.” “Moreover, of course, against any action that could constitute a threat to the safety and life of journalists,”
