On September 27th Yekaterinburg-based internet news portal URA.ru was raided by city police, reports [1] [ru] Evgeny Roizman, local anti-drug campaigner. Roizman is dating [2] the editor-in-chief of the portal, Aksana Panova, who has apparently managed to leave the country before masked operatives arrived at her apartment and scared her mother and young son [3] [ru]. URA.ru has in the past done original reporting critical of the recently appointed local heads of police and prosecutor's office, a story which Global Voices has previously covered [4].
Russia: Yekaterinburg Police Raid Regional Internet Publication
· Written by Andrey Tselikov
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism, RuNet Echo