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> translator: journalists are people in a risk zone and the state should be more attentive to their professional activity because the task of the journalist is tell the truth. >> reporter: some say the lack of press freedom in russia should be on the top of the Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description">
> translator: journalists are people in a risk zone and the state should be more attentive to their professional activity because the task of the journalist is tell the truth. >> reporter: some say the lack of press freedom in russia should be on the top of the Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
beaten and police say they caught attackers who claimed that they were paid to do something, but something that is denied. >> i do not want to blame anyone but there are forces who might gain from a destabilization. >> reporter: both journalists wrote articles critical of government plans now under review to build a highway near moscow which would lead to destruction of the forest. the construction industry is said to be one of the most corrupt in russia. oleg koshin criticized activity of the young guard, youth wing of vladimir putin's united russia party. its website calls corbin a "traitor" who should be punished and the group denies meaning physical punishment. pet dmitry medvedev -- president dmitry medvedev vowed to bring attackers to justice. >> translator: journalists are people in a risk zone and the state should be more attentive to their professional activity because the task of the journalist is tell the truth. >> reporter: some say the lack of press freedom in russia should be on the top of the