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– Chechen official and preachers threaten "Novaya Gazeta" journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 17, 2017

"Novaya Gazeta" said it feared for the safety of its reporters after an advisor to the Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and Muslim preachers accused the newspaper of defamation and threatened retaliation.
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