Kremlin linked attacks on journalists and Kalyapin – BBC Russian

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the attack on journalists and the organization of human rights defenders, “the CPT” committed in Chechnya’s border with Ingushetia last week, may be linked to an attack on the head of the organization Igor Kalyapin in Grozny

“of course, the attack on a member of the presidential Council on human Rights certainly is a continuation of a hooligan and quite dangerous attack, which occurred before on the border with Ingushetia,” -. quoted Peskov Interfax

He called the incident a dangerous trend. Peskov added that such incidents are unacceptable, and not only in cases where the victim is a human rights activist, but also when an attack occurs on every citizen of Russia.

In this case, the Sands does not believe that the attack had something to do with the imminent expiration of the powers of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Responding to a question of journalists, he said that the attack is more logical to associate with the crime situation in the region, than with politics.

Head of “the CPT” Igor Kalyapin beaten and pelted with eggs and cakes on the night of March 17, . The incident took place in a hotel in Grozny in which he tried to settle. The point of the attack in Chechnya are investigating the police.

The attack on the minibus company, which made a press tour several journalists, including two foreigners, the unknown made last week. They dragged people out of the car and beat and burned the van itself.