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Monday, 01 March 2004
KHAKAMADA WINS A COURT VICTORY
By empty (3/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Supreme Court ruled on 1 March that the Central Election Commission (TsIK) should reconsider a complaint filed by presidential candidate Irina Khakamada regarding federal television stations\' live broadcast of a 12 February speech by President Putin to his campaign workers. Khakamada\'s lawyer, Daniil Katkov, said his client is seeking recognition that the broadcasts violated election law. TsIK Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on 13 February acknowledged that \"certain state television channels slightly overdid it\" with their coverage of Putin\'s speech.
The Supreme Court ruled on 1 March that the Central Election Commission (TsIK) should reconsider a complaint filed by presidential candidate Irina Khakamada regarding federal television stations\' live broadcast of a 12 February speech by President Putin to his campaign workers. Khakamada\'s lawyer, Daniil Katkov, said his client is seeking recognition that the broadcasts violated election law. TsIK Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on 13 February acknowledged that \"certain state television channels slightly overdid it\" with their coverage of Putin\'s speech. (ITAR-TASS)