In “Novaya Gazeta” got an envelope with white powder
Moscow. April 19. INTERFAX.RU — IN the “Novaya Gazeta” received an envelope with white powder, at the moment the building work of the state emergency service and police.
“Around 11:00 am to the editor of “Novaya Gazeta” received a detailed envelope without a return address to the leadership of the newspaper. Inside the envelope and discovered white powder of unknown origin”, — reported on the website edition. To publish the attached photograph of the envelope on which in the column “Whence” ballpoint pen hand-written “terrible”.
“At the moment, in the editorial work of the operational service of the emergency Ministry and police,” — said in the newspaper. As noted by “Interfax” a press-the Secretary “the New newspaper” Hope Trusenkova, the work of operational services is not a problem for the editorial team, the team works in a regular mode. She added that the evacuation of the edition was conducted.
“Interfax” has no operational review services for this reason.
The authorities ‘ response to the publication in “Novaya Gazeta”.
Informed to “Novaya Gazeta” published a material that in Chechnya detained about 100 people suspected of homosexuality, additionally, because sexual orientation killed at least three people. Press Secretary of the head of Chechnya, Alvi Karimov denied this information, noting that “it is impossible to detain and harass someone simply not in the Republic.”
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not have reliable information about the alleged persecution in Chechnya gay men. “We don’t know how much this information is true. Of course, there are publications, and the bodies of internal Affairs will check”, — said Peskov told reporters.
In turn, the Council on human rights under the head of Chechnya reported that analyzed information about the persecution of the LGBT community in the country and have not found them “even indirect evidence”. “Having carefully studied the article “honor Killing”, as well as analyzing the incoming information and meeting with sources of information, the Council members did not find even indirect evidence referred to in article alleged facts,” — said in a statement on the website of the HRC under the President of the Russian Federation.
The Council claim that the author of the article was based on speculation and unreliable information, and the reasons for the writing “have nothing to do with the generally accepted standards of professional journalistic activity” and a provocation.