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ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER, VICTIM OF FSS LIEUTENANT COLONEL, WILL APPLY TO ECTHR
Lragir.am
Law - Monday, 31 March 2014, 17:08
The scandal caused by the closure of the Armenian newspaper Third
Force Plus by the Russian authorities is gathering momentum. Recently
the editorial office has received a letter from the head of the mass
media freedom office of the OSCE Andrey Richter informing that the
illicit closure of the Armenian newspaper has been noted by the OSCE.
Mr. Richter advised the Armenian reporters to use the applicable
national legal mechanisms and apply to court. A court decision that
will violate the right to freedom of expression could be disputed at
the European Court of Human Rights.
The problem is, however, that the Armenian court is not competent
to examine this case because the crime against the newspaper has
been committed by the citizen of a foreign state (Russia) and in
the territory of a foreign state (Russian Federation). The Russian
law enforcement bodies refuse to investigate the crime against the
newspaper, N. Sargsyan of the Third Force writes in an article.
The Russian embassy to Armenia is silent. Once one of its officials
met with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Vahram Aghajanyan and
asked whether the Armenian reporters know what agency the Russian
official Vadim Pozdishev who stole the assets of the newspaper
represents. Having heard the answer, the representative of the Russian
embassy disappeared.
Later the ex-advisor to the Russian ambassador Victor Krivopuskov
met with the editor-in-chief and advised him to put up with the
embezzlement because there are very many similar cases in Russia and
it is meaningless to fight against it.
Note that the Russian official Vadim Posdishev has embezzled the
assets of the Armenian newspaper from one of the Moscow-based banks.
He introduced himself as a member of Putin's team of political
strategists and an officer of the Russian Federal Council. Later it
turned out that Pozdishev is a FSS lieutenant colonel.
Some time later he informed the editorial board of the newspaper
that some circumstances caused dissatisfaction in Russian officials,
namely having a Jewish staff member on board, and the exclusive
interview with the Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorsky.
By the way, the FSS dismissed Pozdishev from service in July 2011 and
banned his departure from the country until 2015 (according to other
information, until 2017). However, he has not returned the newspaper's
assets. Moreover, the FSS has placed him in RBE GROUP as head of the
analytical unit.
The Third Force is preparing a letter to the first president of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan to facilitate the solution of this problem within the
interstate relationship because the newspaper's editorial board is
not able to apply to an Armenian court. The Armenian reporters are
preparing to apply to the ECHR upon the OSCE's advice.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/32205#sthash.dwtIjvt6.dpuf
Lragir.am
Law - Monday, 31 March 2014, 17:08
The scandal caused by the closure of the Armenian newspaper Third
Force Plus by the Russian authorities is gathering momentum. Recently
the editorial office has received a letter from the head of the mass
media freedom office of the OSCE Andrey Richter informing that the
illicit closure of the Armenian newspaper has been noted by the OSCE.
Mr. Richter advised the Armenian reporters to use the applicable
national legal mechanisms and apply to court. A court decision that
will violate the right to freedom of expression could be disputed at
the European Court of Human Rights.
The problem is, however, that the Armenian court is not competent
to examine this case because the crime against the newspaper has
been committed by the citizen of a foreign state (Russia) and in
the territory of a foreign state (Russian Federation). The Russian
law enforcement bodies refuse to investigate the crime against the
newspaper, N. Sargsyan of the Third Force writes in an article.
The Russian embassy to Armenia is silent. Once one of its officials
met with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Vahram Aghajanyan and
asked whether the Armenian reporters know what agency the Russian
official Vadim Pozdishev who stole the assets of the newspaper
represents. Having heard the answer, the representative of the Russian
embassy disappeared.
Later the ex-advisor to the Russian ambassador Victor Krivopuskov
met with the editor-in-chief and advised him to put up with the
embezzlement because there are very many similar cases in Russia and
it is meaningless to fight against it.
Note that the Russian official Vadim Posdishev has embezzled the
assets of the Armenian newspaper from one of the Moscow-based banks.
He introduced himself as a member of Putin's team of political
strategists and an officer of the Russian Federal Council. Later it
turned out that Pozdishev is a FSS lieutenant colonel.
Some time later he informed the editorial board of the newspaper
that some circumstances caused dissatisfaction in Russian officials,
namely having a Jewish staff member on board, and the exclusive
interview with the Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorsky.
By the way, the FSS dismissed Pozdishev from service in July 2011 and
banned his departure from the country until 2015 (according to other
information, until 2017). However, he has not returned the newspaper's
assets. Moreover, the FSS has placed him in RBE GROUP as head of the
analytical unit.
The Third Force is preparing a letter to the first president of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan to facilitate the solution of this problem within the
interstate relationship because the newspaper's editorial board is
not able to apply to an Armenian court. The Armenian reporters are
preparing to apply to the ECHR upon the OSCE's advice.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/32205#sthash.dwtIjvt6.dpuf