Russian president lauds journalists on Press Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated journalists
on the occasion of their annual professional holiday, Radio Liberty
reported.
According to a press release on the Kremlin website, Putin noted
that society understands events and future plans through the
"professionalism, talent, objectivity, fairness, and -- sometimes
-- civic courage of journalists."
He pledged that the government will "continue to do everything
necessary to secure the necessary conditions for their work, for
their genuine independence in the transmission of information."
Early on January 13, Kommersant journalist Grigory Revzin said he
was severely beaten by unknown assailants in downtown Moscow.
Revzin reported that the attackers beat him and ran off without
robbing him.
He said he was not sure whether the attack was connected with his
work as a journalist.
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