I don't know if any of you were aware of this BUT since Russia has been under the leadership of Putin, a lot of Russian journalists have been killed. And, the majority of these murders have never been solved. Anna Politkovskaya was a journalist that was very critical of Putin and the Chechnya conflict. She was murdered on October 7, 2006 (also Putin's birthday). Until now, no one has ever been blamed for her death.
So, a huge step has been made recently. Read all about here.
The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists state 13 journalists have been killed in contract-style murders since Putin took office in 2000. Others say that there have been more journalists (numbers as high as over 100) that have been killed for writing against the Putin government.
I just purchased this book a few weeks ago. I haven't started reading it yet but it looked good. Check it out here.
Let's hope that justice will FINALLY be served!
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The Russian leader does seem to be a bit shady....I guess once KGB always KGB.
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