Babitsky Testifies
- By Unknown
- Oct. 04 2000 00:00
"I assume that my position, my stories about the Chechen war were unwanted by many officials in Russia," Babitsky said. "Thank God those people who had plotted this entire circus … were not able to finish it."
The reporter for the U.S.-funded station was detained in Chechnya in January because he lacked a permit to report from the war zone. He resurfaced later in Makhachkala holding a fake Azeri passport. He is now being tried on charges that he willingly used the fake passport.
Aside from Babitsky's testimony, lawyers from both sides questioned witnesses on Tuesday.