The Russian government has barred television channel ABC from working in Russia after the channel broadcast an interview with the Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev

Informed Constituent (Albany, NY), The, August, 2005 by Ray Feliciano

RUSSIA--The Russian government has barred television channel ABC from working in Russia after the channel broadcast an interview with the Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow.

"ABC is now unwelcome to contact any Russian state organizations or bodies." It said broadcasting the Basayev interview "was a clear case of helping to propagandize terrorism".

Basayev has claimed responsibility for leading the Chechen gorilla soldiers, including what could be considered some of the most horrific acts of terrorism, such as the school hostage situation, where many children and teachers were killed. Basayev admitted to being "a bad guy, a bandit, a terrorist" but said Russia was worse.

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