BRIT JOURNALIST THOMAS DE WAAL WHO COVERED CHECHNYA BARRED FROM RUSSIA
By Dominic Ponsford
Press Gazette, UK
July 4 2006
A British journalist known for his coverage of Chechnya has been
barred entry to Russia.
According to Reuters, former BBC and Times journalist Thomas de Waal
had been due to attend a presentation on a Russian translation of
his book on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Reuters reported that de Waal was refused entry in order to assist
the Russian authorities in "securing state security".
He told Reuters: ""This clearly has to be because of the other main
thing that I write about, which is Chechnya."