RUSSIA
 Russian immigrant wins the 2nd World
Press Freedom Award
Ottawa, Canada, May 3, 2002 -
The National Press Club of Canada held a luncheon on May 3, in Ottawa, to
honour the recipients of the second World Press Freedom Award. The first
prize of $1500 in the editorial cartooning category was given to Yurij
Ochakovski (see his winning work on the right) of Richon Le-Zion, Israel,
who, unfortunately, could not attend the event. The second and third prizes
of $500 were awarded to Haddad Marc of Boissy-St.-Léger, France
and Oleg Dergatchov of Lvov, Ukraine. The 2nd annual competition
attracted more than 500 submissions from 38 countries on issues of Freedom
of Expression.
 
First Moscow Open Cartoon Festival
Moscow, January 8, 2002 - Yet another new cartoon festival surfaced and
this one is already off to an impressive start; at least in regards to the
available prize money. In two categories (Russian Temper and a free theme)
the new Moscow festival offers a total of $15,500 in prizes, $5,000 of which
representing the Grand Prize alone. Check out the criteria for participating
as well as other details by clicking on the festival logo on the right.
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