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Dear colleagues!

We hope you will render assistance and support in journalist G.Pasko defence.

The prosecution and criminal case is the glaring example of situation in present Russia.

The main theme of G.Pasko's article was problems of utilization of old nuclear submarines and nuclear waste materials. One could find in his articles the information about pouring out of liquid nuclear waste materials in the Sea of Japan, about the facts which revealed the unpreparedness of Russian industry to solve problems of processing of nuclear waste materials, and about the general unfavourable situation in this field in Pacific Ocean region.

Actually we know positively that there are no prooves of crime ("high treason") which Mr. Pasko is charged with. The purpose of prosecution is to take the spreading of ecological information in Russia under secret service's control, and that is the infringement of international commitments and internal law.

Recently the dangerous tendency is prevailing in our country: the purposful and deliberate concealment of information concerning the ecological situation and firstly information concerning ecological problems of processing of nuclear waste materials.

As confirmation of this fact Russia did not signed the "Convention of access to information, participation of broad public in the process of decision-making and access to justice in issues concerning environment"(Orhus, Denmark, 25 of July 1998).

Dear colleagues!

Your countries invest much money to assist Russia to overcome its present crises.

We understand your aspirations for political and social stability in one of the biggest nuclear powers, because only the stability is able to guarantee the security of the whole world against this "nuclear keg".

However, in case if the professional freedom of such people as Grigory Pasko would be restricted (and Russian secret service tries to prevent these activities) you would receive the illusive semblance of tranquility, founded on the lack of knowledge about imminent ecological disasters.

The ecological disasters are not limited by frontiers, and so there should be no limits in spreading of ecological information. That's why we hope you will share our anxiety with the case of the journalist Pasko.

In case if you don't draw attention of your governments to this problem all investments you make in building the democratic Russia will be reduced to dust, and the world will face the disaster much more awful than the Chernobyl.

Attachment: Case of Pasko Brief survey