It was FSB, on the photo, that initiated the refusal to grant Russia's citizenship to Morar, according to her lawyer.
Photo: Sergey Mikheev
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Morar to Be Held Accountable Under Constitution
It emerged that the RF Embassy in Chisinau has refused to provide Russia’s citizenship to Natalia Morar, the journalist of Russia’s edition of The New York Times. The given reason is that the people advocating forceful change of the RF constitutional regime won’t become the RF citizens. Meanwhile, Ms Morar filed a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to appeal the FSB ban on her Russia’s visits.
Morar said she had applied for Russia’s citizenship roughly a year ago, and she had had all grounds for it. The RF Embassy in Chisinau answered yesterday, it was the refusal. According to the journalist, the reason given in the letter was clause 16 of the RF Citizenship Act, whereby no citizenship will be granted to the persons advocating forceful change of the basis of the RF constitutional order or creating the threat to Russia’s security. In other words, this wording has echoed December 2007 resolution of FSB that banned Morar from visiting Russia.
The lawyer of journalist, Karina Moskalenko filed lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights past Friday to challenge the ban on Russia’s visits of Morar. “I don’t see any sense in going to Russia’s courts,” Morar said. “All hope is for the European Court now.”
Of interest is that Grigory Karamalak of Moldova was provided the RF citizenship almost simultaneously with the refusal given to Morar. “He is the criminal authority, and everyone knows it. He has been on the wanted lists in Moldova since 1998. Interpol is after him,” the journalist said. “The criminals, not journalists are evidently closer to the people that made the decision about me,” Morar concluded.
People in the FSB and Russia’s Embassy didn’t comment on the situation.
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All the Article in Russian as of Aug. 25, 2008
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