Brussels, 18/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission should make immediate contact with President Putin and protest against the restrictions that have for some time hampered independent media in Russia, mainly the NTV television channel and the Sevodyna and Itogi dailies, states Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament, in a press release. Freedom of the media is an important element for the development of EU/Russia relations, stresses the...