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Technical restriction of implementation and issue to newspaper “Respublika” is used

23 september 2009
Technical restriction of implementation and issue to newspaper “Respublika” is used. Printing houses refuse to print this disgraced mass media. Heads of printing houses refer to orders of the state power in non-formal conversations. Deputy for Chief Editor of the newspaper “Respublika” Oksana Makushina has said about it.

On September 09, 2009 Medeu District Court has passed judgment by suit of “BTA-Bank” about protection of business reputation and recovery of moral damage to founder of the newspaper “Respublika- delovoye obozrenie Duble 2”- LLP “DPA”, Chief Editor Guzayal Baydalinova and correspondent Irene Petrushova. Plaintiff has thought that two last points of the article “Between two evils ‘tis not worth choosing” had untruth information. As a result of it there was outflow of deposits on sum of 6 milliards and 770 million tenge.

The court has bound defendants to pay 60 000 000 tenge for “BTA-Bank”. Actually, recovery of 60 000 000 tenge can be stoppage of issue of the newspaper.

The judgment did not come to law-enforcement, expire date of appeal has been September 24, 2009.  Edition of independent newspaper “Respublika – delovoye obozrenie” was seized in printing house “Vremya Print”. It was done by execution of judgment by suit of BTA Bank to the newspaper. On September 18, 2009 employees of “Kometa S” think that policemen have found edition of the newspaper “Respublika – delovoye obozrenie”, which was printed by illegal way on September 18, 2009 in the afternoon. Tax Inspection has come to the printing house with complex control at about 19.00 p.m. Then, Representative Officers of Department of Struggle for Economic and Corruption Crimes have sealed office of the printing house.
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