Court Shuts Down Siberian Newspaper After Ethnic Insults
Chita, Siberia
July 09, 2009
CHITA, Russia – A regional court in the Siberian city of Chita has ordered the closure of a local newspaper, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
"Russkoye Zabaikalye" carried several articles that were thought to propagate extremism.
The articles were contained offensive words insulting local indigenous non-Russian ethnic groups, and called on the local population to push the minorities out of the region.
The newspaper has been operating since August 2006.