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Irek Murtazin

Russian journalist

Summary

Russian journalist

Field	Value
name	Irek Murtazin
image	Ирек Муртазин, 2008 год.jpg
caption	Murtazin in 2008
birthname	Irek Minzakievich Murtazin
birth_date	5 April 1964
birth_place	Bogatye Saby, Sabinsky District, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
occupation	journalist, activist, blogger
family	married
children	2
URL	irek-murtazin.livdjournal.com

Irek Minzakievich Murtazin (: ; born 5 April 1964, Bogatye Saby) is a Russian journalist and blogger of Tatar descent, specialist of the International Institute of Research in Policy and the Humanities in Moscow {{Cite web

In September 2008, he posted information to his blog to the effect that Tatar president Shaimiev had died; this information proved to be false. As a result, he was the subject of a criminal investigation into the matter. On 26 November 2009, Murtazin was found guilty of libel and "instigating hatred and hostility" to an ethnic or social group and sentenced to 1 year, 9 months of hard labor.{{Cite news

Works

In addition to his work as a newspaper and television journalist, Murtazin has published several monographs.

The Last Romantic ()
The Death of a Television Magnate ()
The Island of Tatarstan ()
Mintimer Shaimiev: Last President of Tatarstan () (Cheboksary, 2007)

References

Король, Ольга. (2009-11-26). "Экс-пресс-секретарю президента Татарстана Муртазину дали реальный срок". Комсомольская правда.
[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], [http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/496223363c.html "Prominent Tatar author, blogger beaten"], 30 December 2008. [accessed 29 November 2009]

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