Torokul Doorov

Жараткан айрымдарды өзгөчө көз-караш, өзгөчө сезим-туюмдар менен байытып коет экен. Мен Умида Ахмедова менен акыркы жылдары бир канча ирет көрүштүм. Чыгармачыл адам менен эмне жөнүндө сүйлөшмөк элек? Умиданын ар бир сөзүндө, ар бир баасында өзгөчөлүүлүк байкалып турат. Анын сүрөттөрү, фильми, видео-арт үчүн жасаган иштери, - баары биздин көздөр көрө берип, такыр чарчап, мокоп бүткөн жөнөкөй эле чындыкты көрсөтөт. Мына ошол чындыкты баары эле көрүүгө даяр эмес окшойт… Ал азыр өз өлкөсүндө айыпталып жаткан кези. Мен аны менен бүгүн сүйлөштүм.

The Kremlin's actions speak for themselves in Anna Politkovskaya's final account of Russian politics under Vladimir Putin. By Gregory Feifer (The Moscow Times) Published: May 25, 2007 Such was Anna Politkovskaya's courage and determination in recording killings, torture and abductions in Chechnya that failing to read her articles in Novaya Gazeta -- the country's most progressive newspaper -- meant risking ignorance of what Russia's chattering classes were saying each week about the government's latest outrage. The 48-year-old mother of two adult children was shot dead by an unknown assassin in the elevator of her apartment building last October shortly after she'd completed her last book, commissioned by Random House for publication in English. "A Russian Diary" is an account of the country's major political events from December 2003 to August 2005. It catalogs a year-and-a-half of President Vladimir Putin's relentless drive to, in effect...

By Chloe Arnold. MOSCOW, May 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An international congress of journalists is convening in Moscow this week as concerns about media freedom in Russia continue to grow. In a separate session before the opening of the congress, participants discussed a global campaign against the continuing murders of journalists in Russia. In chilling footage shown at the start of the session, a female television journalist can be seen stumbling as she chases after a soldier while gunshots are fired overhead. Participants at the May 28 discussion were convinced of the need to challenge the Russian government and its failure to adequately protect journalists. But with no government officials present, some speakers said the debate was unlikely to change anything. “Our journalists have no protection, and that tells you that journalism is a very risky profession and that there is a great deal of unhappiness in society," said Vladimir Ryzhkov, an independent State Duma deputy. "Ther...