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Printing House “Kometa S” has been attacked again

25 september 2009
Unknown persons have come to the printing house “Kometa S” on September 24, 2009. There was printing of issue of the newspaper “Golos Respubliki”.

Lawyer of the edition Sergey Utkin said that these people used force in relation to one of the employees of printing house, three print workers were taken to unknown direction, and some of them were locked in office of the printing house. Lawyer and journalists could go to there. As a result of it the issue of newspaper was stopped. Representative Officers of Financial Police have used force actions.

The issue of newspaper “Golos Respubliki” (September 25, 2009) was made by risograph. It has been sold. Technical restriction of implementation and issue to newspaper “Respublika- delovoye obozrenie” is used. Printing houses refuse to print this disgraced mass media. Heads of printing houses refer to orders from state officials and forced bodies. Printing House “Kometa S” – is an organization, who printed edition of the newspaper “Golos Respubliki”.

Financial Police has made two non-sanctioned searching in printing house “Kometa S” on September 21-23, 2009. Now, Tax inspection conducts complex control.
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