From http://echo.msk.ru/news/370577.html

The Russian government must answer questions about the ‘Nord-Ost’ case at the European Court in Strasbourg

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From http://www.newsru.com/russia/19apr2007/nordost.html

Victims of the act of terror at Dubrovka intend to demand a criminal case be opened, since, in their opinion, a whole host of victims were not provided with the necessary first aid.

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From RIA Novosti

The European Court of Human Rights accepted for study a complaint from 58 victims of the act of terror in the theatrical center at Dubrovka, according to a report made to RIA ‘News’ by Igor Trunov, the plaintiffs’ lawyer.

“We sent in the complaint four years ago, and finally the court has decided to examine it,” stated the defender.

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When people in Russia wish to describe a false report that demonstrates the ignorance of the one who is speaking, they use the expression: «a spreading cranberry». D. N. Ushakov’s Explanatory Dictionary of Russian Language states that this expression “came from a description of Russia by a superficial French author, in which he wrote that he sat under the shadow of majestic cranberry”.

Here are several examples.

I will not speak about the confusion during these events, or about mistakes made in names, surnames, or addresses of the victims. Today I wish to talk about something else: about unscrupulous journalists.

Extraordinary events give rise to a mass of rumors. One of such event was the seizure of hostages in the theatrical center on Dubrovka in October of 2002.

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By Mikhail Trepashkin

27.03.2007

CHЕCHЕNPRЕSS

Only someone with Down’s syndrome and brain syphilis could declare that I had divulged information that was a state secret of the Russian Federation. Further, they hold forth that I was guilty of betraying the Motherland, of treason.

I am accused of a crime, in that two months before the seizure of hostages at Dubrovka I warned the FSB via a former colonel of the FSB’s anti-crime unit, V. V. Shebalin, that acts of terror were being prepared in Moscow!

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Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in the entrance to her house in October of last year, was posthumously honored with the Freedom of the Press award from UNESCO, the organization stated on its web site.

At UNESCO they explained that her selection was because she had demonstrated unbelievable courage and perseverance in bringing to light the events in Chechnya after the rest of the world had long ceased to pay attention.

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