Investigating Russia's NGO Crackdown

May 18, 2007 8:39 AM

Russia's attack on independent voices. In 2005, Alexandra Poolos interviewed Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya. Two years later, Politkovskaya is one of fourteen journalists murdered since Vladimir Putin came to power, and Frontline sent Poolos to Russia to investigate the Kremlin's crackdown on independent voices. She reports on voices struggling to survive -- the last independent newspaper, a persecuted Chechen activist -- amidst a booming economy and resurgent authoritarianism.
posted by Coherence Panda (5 comments total)

Not FRONTLINE, but Frontline/World. They're affiliated, but they're not the same show.
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:55 AM on May 18, 2007

"The leaders of the European Union and Russia have traded sharp criticism over human rights, at a summit that exposed the divisions between the two sides."

(BB) frontline unofficial video podcast
posted by acro at 9:48 AM on May 18, 2007

So the link is to CBS with regards to getting rid of journalists.
posted by nervousfritz at 10:02 AM on May 18, 2007

Marcel Theroux Russia documentary "Death of a Nation"
posted by acro at 10:24 AM on May 18, 2007

Thanks for this—it's an important story that's not getting enough attention.
posted by languagehat at 10:36 AM on May 18, 2007