Russia
– A Russian news editor from a small news website – KozaPress- have burn herself
alive in front of the interior ministry office in the city of Nizhniy
Novgorod. She is Irina Slavina.
“A Russian news editor has died after setting
herself on fire in front of an interior ministry office in the city of Nizhniy
Novgorod………….. Irina Slavina was editor-in-chief of the small Koza
Press news website.”(BBC)
She
was suspected to be part of the Open Russia group and her flat was penetrated
and her valauable things like laptop,flash drives,and phones were seized in the
hope that the authorities will find something from her in relation to Open Russia.
“ She was one of seven people in Nizhny
Novgorod whose homes were searched on Thursday, apparently as part of an
inquiry into Open Russia….. In a Facebook post on Thursday, she said 12 people
had forced their way into her family's flat and seized flash drives, her laptop
and her daughter's laptop as well as phones belonging to both her and her
husband.” (BBC)
“The day before, Slavina's house was searched as part of a
criminal case under the article on the activities of an undesirable
organization (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation),
which was initiated against Mikhail Iosilevich. The security forces took away
the electronic equipment from Slavina, then the journalist was taken for
interrogation. Following the raid, Slavina wrote "They were looking
for brochures, leaflets, invoices of Open Russia, possibly an
icon with the face of Mikhail Khodorkovsky... I
don't have any of this", and that they seized "flash drives, my
laptop, my daughter's laptop, the computer, phones — not just mine, but also my
husband's — a bunch of my notebooks that I scribbled on during press
conferences. I'm left without the means of production.” (Wikipedia)
Open Russia
is among listed as “undesirable organization” in Russia and “undesirable organization”
means crime in Russia.
“In her last post on Facebook, Slavina asked “the Russian
Federation to be blamed for her death” (Wikipedia)
“Irina
Slavina earlier wrote on Facebook: "I ask you to blame the Russian
Federation for my death."”(BBC)
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