A Russian Jewish media mogul who fled the country after being indicted on charges of fraud was introduced at the National Press Club in Washington as a symbol of international press freedom. Vladimir Goussinsky, who was forced to sell his independent television station because of Kremlin pressure, “symbolizes the worldwide struggle for a truly free press,” Richard Ryan, the president of the Press Club, said in introducing the former president of the Russian Jewish Congress.
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