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Dmitry Popkov, a Russian journalist who reported on corruption and abuse of power, was just murdered.
Editor shot dead in Russia's Siberia
May 25, 2017 5:10 PM ET
New York, May 25, 2017--Russian authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the killing of Dmitry Popkov, chief editor of independent local newspaper Ton-M in Siberia, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Popkov's body was found with five bullet wounds in his backyard late last night in the city of Minusinsk in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian and international media reported. Popkov is the second journalist to be killed in Russia this year.
"We call on Russian authorities to conduct a thorough, unbiased, and effective investigation into the brutal slaying of Dmitry Popkov and bring those responsible to justice," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "Russia is a country where too many journalists have been murdered for their work while their killers walk free. This toxic cycle of impunity must be reversed once and for all."
Popkov, 42, who co-founded Ton-M in 2014, was known for his investigative reports on abuse of power and corruption, as well as his criticism of functionaries from the leading Kremlin-backed United Russia party. The newspaper, published under the motto, "We write what other people stay silent about," was well-known in Krasnoyarsk Krai and had been subject to threats and pressure from authorities. It has also been the target of politically motivated police raids, according to media reports. In an August 2016 editorial, Popkov wrote that Ton-M was "accustomed to being a pain in the neck for many officials who are trying to [silence us] in every possible way," through "phone threats, intimidating searches, and interrogations." He added that the authorities were concerned about the "corruption incidents that we reveal."
Sergei Shishov, editor of the Minusinsk-based independent news website Sreda24, said in an interview with the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda today that Popkov was killed for his journalism, particularly for his recent reports about a federal parliamentary audit that revealed corruption in the local administration.
More: https://cpj.org/2017/05/editor-shot-dead-in-russias-siberia.php
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)MFM008
(19,837 posts)Through it on Pootys list.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)just - goddammit
Squinch
(51,090 posts)that these journalists KNOW that this is the risk and they go ahead anyway because they believe that the truth is worth their lives.
I don't know that I would have that kind of guts. They are heroes.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)I'm not sure I'd have the guts, either. They ARE heroes.
orangecrush
(19,666 posts)So far.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Amaryllis
(9,527 posts)SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Amaryllis
(9,527 posts)iluvtennis
(19,912 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)58Sunliner
(4,431 posts)That is one reason I think all these comparisons to Obama discredit Obama and normalize this sick man inadvertently. Why would one compare crazy to Obama? It is the one thing this sick fucker kept doing, tweeting on Obama to draw attention to himself. He is a succubus. If it had not been Obama I am sure he would done it to whoever was the sitting president.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)meanwhile the republicans will not lift a finger to defend America against the Acts of War* being perpetrated against the USA by russia. A cowardly & disgusting betrayal of America by the republicans.
* per dick cheney
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)JustAnotherGen
(32,046 posts)Pure evil.