Paper Seizure Linked to Letter, Not Photo (Russia)

At least TPTB here haven't been this brash

Authorities in the Kaliningrad region have come under fire after police seized 40,000 copies of a local newspaper that carried an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev demanding that he fire local leaders.

Speculation swirled that the seizure had to do with Izvestia Kaliningrada's front-page photo, which showed Medvedev biting into a watermelon under the headline "We'll Tell Him Everything."

But Oleg Altovsky, the weekly's editor, denied the rumors Thursday.

Medvedev visited the region last Sunday, two days after the seizure, when he celebrated Navy Day together with sailors in the port of Baltiisk. He did not comment on the colorful photo, which was released by his own press service.

Altovsky said he was stopped by traffic police and spent hours in police custody last Friday after having picked up the paper's print run from the printing house.

The seizure was obviously linked to the open letter, Altovsky said by telephone. "Clearly they did not like it."

THe rest along with a scary picture of Medeved captioned "We'll tell him everything.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/paper-seizure-linked-to-letter-not-photo/441644.html

We have to worry about the media taking over the govt. The RW corporate fascist media.