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The arrested journalist of the New Petersburg newspaper Nikolai Andrushchenko decided to abandon Russian citizenship. According to Echo of Moscow, he sent an application for rejection of citizenship to President Vladimir Putin, prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, the heads of Western states and international human rights organizations.

According to Alevtina Ageeva, general director of the New Petersburg Publishing House, the reason for this decision was torture, which were applied to a journalist in a pre -trial detention center.

Andrushchenko was arrested on November 24, 2007 on charges of obstructing justice and slander against the court. The prosecutor's office saw these crimes in the publications of the defendant. Ageeva added that Andrushchenko could not take part in the last court hearing in his case, which took place on February 1.

On February 5, the next meeting in the Andrushchenko case will be held in the St. Petersburg City Court. It will be considered a cassation of the accused to decide the Dzerzhinsky District Court, who decided to take the journalist, reports Gazeta.ru.

“Andrushchenko was held accountable for a series of harsh articles that illuminated the process of killing African student Roland Epessac,” said Alexei Andreev, editor of the New Petersburg. “He was absolutely sure that the young guys who were judged, were not guilty. Formally, he was put in the "Crosses" for the fact that he allegedly prevented the work of the court and put pressure on him.

Andrushchenko sharply criticized the head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the prosecutor of the city, wrote about corruption in law enforcement agencies, in banks, and also covered the "disagreement marches" and urged to come to them.