New Charges Filed Against Media Group
From Times Wire Reports
Prosecutors launched a criminal embezzlement case against the heads of firms belonging to Media-Most, Russia’s only nationwide independent media group. The charges raise the stakes in a quarrel between Media-Most and its creditor, state-dominated natural gas monopoly Gazprom, that has led to doubts as to President Vladimir V. Putin’s commitment to free speech. Media-Most denies the charges.
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