Crimean lawyer is denied permission to hold a press conference in Moscow
For lawyer and human rights activist Zhan Zaprut, who opposes nationalization in Crimea, platforms for communicating with the press in Moscow are closed.
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He reported this on his Facebook page.
"Freedom of speech. This is not the first (and not even the second or third) time I have received a refusal to hold my press conference in Moscow (Interfax, Itar-Tass, etc.). Federal TV channels also refuse to broadcast negative information about the processes in Crimea. Is image more important than reality? In my opinion, this is censorship, and censorship is a sign of weakness,” wrote Zapruta.
In the current situation, he believes, one should not even refuse to speak on unpopular resources in Crimea:
“I didn’t want to give this event a political overtone, but if there is no alternative, then let there be Dozhd or Ekho Moskvy,” the human rights activist emphasized.
Let us recall that earlier in a commentary to PolitNavigator, Zaprut characterized the massive cases of nationalization of private companies in Crimea as ordinary raider takeovers.
“In the Russian Federation there is no concept of “forced ransom”. This is only in Crimea. One of the reasons that this law is invalid is that Crimea does not have the authority under the Constitution of the Russian Federation to adopt norms relating to civil legislation. Redemption is civil law. Only the state and the State Duma of the Russian Federation have these rights and competencies. All issues relating to the civil code and civil relations can only be regulated by federal authorities. Article 35 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation states that compulsory redemption can be ordered exclusively by a court decision and only on the grounds provided for by federal legislation. In the Crimean law on redemption, the government of the Republic buys without a court decision and without the established norms provided for by Russian legislation. Therefore, this is just an ordinary raider takeover of an enterprise,” the lawyer explained his position.
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