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German Reporter Expelled From Chechnya

(RFE/RL)

December 15, 2006 -- Authorities in Chechnya have expelled a German reporter after briefly detaining him on December 14 for allegedly lacking proper accreditation.

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December 15, 2006

Chechen law enforcement officials said the correspondent for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, identified as Kristof Wanner, was filming in a "zone of counterterrorism operations."

Deutsche Welle's Moscow office said Wanner was filming a report about a German charity helping Chechen refugees and had all the required papers.

(RIA Novosti, Interfax, newsru.com)

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