Russia's alarming record: Fourteen journalists killed in last 4 years
Knight Ridder Montreal Gazette Final, 11 July 2004, MARK MCDONALD
The drive-by murder of U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow was the latest in a series of attacks on reporters and editors working in Russia. "Russia is consistently one of the world's most dangerous places to be a journalist," said Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, noting that 14 journalists in Russia have been killed here in the last four years.
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Russia's Forbes editor mourned
Agence France Presse, 11 July 2004 07:21 am
MOSCOW, July 11 (AFP) - Friends and reporters gathered in a tiny church clutching candles Sunday to pay their last respects to the Russian editor of Forbes magazine, murdered within months of coming to Moscow from New York after probing the murky world of Russian business. Paul Khlebnikov was gunned down in a gangland-style shooting as he walked out of his office Friday night. "When my daughter heard about it, she thought they had slain a knight," said ...
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Russia's Forbes editor mourned
Agence France Presse, 11 July 2004 02:43 am
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MOSCOW, July 11 (AFP) - Hundreds of journalists and friends were expected Sunday to pay their last respects to the Russian editor of Forbes magazine, murdered within months of coming to Moscow from New York after digging deep into the murky world of Russian business. Paul Khlebnikov , a US citizen with Russian roots, wrote a tell-all book about the Russian business world in the 1990s, focusing on the tycoon Boris Berezovsky, now in self-imposed exile in London, ...
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A Dangerous climate for media in Russia; FORBES EDITOR'S DEATH AMONG 14 SLAYINGS IN PAST 4 YEARS
Knight Ridder, San Jose Mercury News, 11 July 2004, By Mark McDonald
MOSCOW The drive-by murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow was the latest in a series of attacks on reporters and editors working in Russia.
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Risks mount for journalists in Russia; The murder in Moscow of Forbes magazine editor Paul Klebnikov was the latest in a string of attacks that makes Russia one of the deadliest countries for journalists.
Knight Ridder News Service, The Miami Herald, 11 July 2004, BY MARK McDONALD
MOSCOW The drive-by murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow was the latest in a series of attacks on reporters and editors working in Russia.
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Editor's murder linked to Forbes list: American shot near Moscow office
Times of London, Calgary Herald Final, 11 July 2004, Mark Franchetti
MOSCOW Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky said Saturday that Paul Klebnikov , an American-born magazine editor who was gunned down by a contract killer in Moscow, must have "seriously upset someone" with his reporting.
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Car used in drive-by shooting of editor found
Associated Press, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Final, 11 July 2004
Car used in drive-by shooting of editor found ... Russian edition, news reports said. Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov, the country's top law enforcement official, meanwhile said he was taking personal control of the investigation of the Friday night killing of Paul Klebnikov , the Interfax news agency said. Klebnikov, 41, was gunned down outside the magazine's office. "Investigators are pursuing several theories about the crime, but the main one is the theory that ...
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My last supper with murdered American journalist
The Sunday Times, News 1, 11 July 2004, Mark Franchetti Moscow
NOBODY was more optimistic about the future of Russia than Paul Klebnikov , an American magazine editor with whom I dined last Monday, four days before he was gunned down in a contract-style killing outside his Moscow office. Over plates of roast duck and pelmeni -fish and meat dumplings -Klebnikov, 41, told me of his wish to publish positive stories about the country his grandparents had fled during the revolution.
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Shot editor may have paid price for delving into secrets of Russia's rich
The Sunday Times, News 7, 11 July 2004, Mark Franchetti Moscow
THE London-based Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky claimed yesterday that Paul Klebnikov , an American-born magazine editor who was gunned down by a contract killer in Moscow, must have "seriously upset someone" with his reporting. Klebnikov, 41, editor of the Russian edition of Forbes, the American business magazine, was shot four times by an assailant in a car as he left his Moscow office on Friday. It was the first such killing of a foreigner in Russia since Paul Tatum, an American businessman, was murdered in 1996, apparently in a dispute over property ownership.
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JOURNALIST KILLED IN RUSSIA
SBS 6.30pm TV World News Transcripts, 11 July 2004
Hundreds of journalists are expected to attend the funeral of the editor of the Russian edition of the Forbes business magazine. 41-year-old Paul Klebnikov was shot four times as he left his office in Moscow. He'd been threatened with attack after publishing a list of Russia's richest businessmen. Paul Klebnikov specialised in a dangerous field - the financial affairs of Russia's super-wealthy. Mr Klebnikov's murder had all the hallmarks of a contract killing. His assassins lay in wait outside his office, as he left late at night, they shot at him 10 times from close range. He lived just long enough to tell colleagues he had no idea who his attackers were. Two months ago, he caused a stir. His new 'Forbes Russia' business magazine detailed the fortunes of Russia's 100 richest people. Mr Klebnikov said he thought the days of gangster capitalism was past.
PAUL KLEBNIKOV , 'FORBES RUSSIA' EDITOR: It's a stage moving away from the shadow economy, moving away from, um - well, let's say black market type of mentality, yes? Um, towards a more civilised, transparent, um, open form of capitalism.
The brutal murder of Paul Klebnikov on this quiet Moscow street is particularly shocking because he was a foreigner, an American, working for an international magazine. It's possible he was a victim of Russia's gangster capitalism. ...
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Journalist riled Russia's elites Klebnikov: The American editor of the Russian Forbes magazine, slain Friday, was known to rattle the cages of the country's richest people
The Baltimore Sun FINAL, 11 July 2004, Douglas Birch
Paul Klebnikov attended a news conference in May to mark the publication of the issue on the 100 richest businessmen in Russia.
MOSCOW - The American journalist Paul Klebnikov was finishing dinner with his wife, Marjorie, on Monday when she said she was worried about his safety. Klebnikov, editor of the 3-month-old Russian edition of Forbes magazine, and his ...
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SUN NEWS DIGEST
The Baltimore Sun FINAL, 11 July 2004
1. Moscow assassination\ A chalk circle marks a bullet shell found where American Paul Klebnikov , editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was killed Friday. Klebnikov had angered Russian tycoons by reporting on their activities. (Article, Page 14A)
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Journalists find their lives at risk in Russia / American latest media professional killed in nation
Knight-Ridder Tribune News, Houston Chronicle, 4 STAR, 11 July 2004, MARK MCDONALD
MOSCOW The drive-by murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow was the latest in a series of attacks on reporters and editors working in Russia.
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Killing strikes fear into Russian media
The Observer, 11 July 2004, Carolynne Wheeler
THE assassination of the US-born editor of Russia's Forbes magazine, which has sent chills through an already wary media, will be personally investigated by the Prosecutor General, it was announced yesterday. Paul Klebnikov , 41, the New York-born journalist who had been investigating organised crime among Russia's wealthy, was shot four times at point-blank range as he left his Moscow office late last Friday, in what is being treated as a contract killing.
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Colleagues Remember Murdered, Forbes Editor in Moscow
Voice of America Press Releases and Documents, 11 July 2004 Filed: 15: 48 UTC
Europe: Editor Paul Klebnikov was not buried Sunday, but will instead be laid to rest in the United States. He died late Friday, after being shot four times outside his Moscow office. The 41-year-old ...
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IN MEMORIAM REMEMBERING THIS WEEK'S PASSINGS
ABC News: This Week, 11 July 2004
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS (OC) We end, as always, with "In Memoriam."... it a second time. For a person to be successful, you have to believe that you can do anything.
PAUL KLEBNIKOV , EDITOR, FORBES
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Car found in drive-by that killed journalist
The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, Fourth, 11 July 2004, JIM HEINTZ
MOSCOW Police yesterday found the car used in the drive-by shooting of the U.S. editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition, news reports said. Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov, the country's top law- enforcement official, said he was taking personal control of the investigation of the Friday night killing of Paul Klebnikov , the Interfax news agency reported. Klebnikov, 41, was gunned down outside the magazine's office. Klebnikov was hit four times. The radio station Ekho Moskvy said shells of two different calibers ...
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Reporters Without Borders stunned by Forbes editor ' s assassination.
ITAR-TASS World Service, 11 July 2004, By Andrei Yarushin
PARIS, July 11 (Itar-Tass) -- The French international, non-governmental organisation on protecting journalists ' rights Reporters Without Borders declared on Sunday that it is shocked by Moscow ' s drama - an assassination of the Russian editor of Forbes magazine, Paul Khlebnikov. Paul Khlebnikov had conducted investigations, and the organisation does not rule out that he was killed for his activities. Russia remains a dangerous country for reporters, the organisation ' s communique reads. Police and justice should do their utmost to quickly find assassins, it says. A 41-year-old U.S. citizen of Russian origin, Paul Khlebnikov , had walked out of his office late on Friday in northeastern Moscow when a car stopped by and several shots were fired at him. He died on his way to ...
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Forbes Editor Killed in Russia Is Mourned
Associated Press Writer, 11 July 2004 05:44 pm, By MARA D. BELLABY
MOSCOW (AP) - Friends and colleagues of the slain American editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition held a small, private funeral service Sunday for Paul Klebnikov in the Russian capital, Russia's Ekho Moskvy reported. About 40 people attended the service at St. Yekaterina's Church, the radio station said. Klebnikov will buried in the United States. Klebnikov's family is planning a separate memorial service for Wednesday at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, the U.S. Embassy said.
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Friends and colleagues hold funeral service for American editor of Russian Forbes edition
Associated Press Newswires, 11 July 2004, 06:58 am
MOSCOW (AP) - Friends and colleagues of the slain American editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition held a small, private funeral service Sunday for Paul Klebnikov in the Russian capital, Russia's Ekho Moskvy reported. About 40 people attended the service at St. Yekaterina's Church, the radio station said. Klebnikov will buried in the United States.
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Russian journalist killed
SBS World News Headline Stories, 11 July 2004
The editor-in-chief of a Russian business magazine known for his investigative reporting on the country's business sector has been shot dead in Moscow. Paul Khlebnikov , a US citizen, was hit by four bullets in a street near the offices of Forbes magazine as he headed for a nearby metro station. He earned his reputation with an article in 1996 claiming exiled Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky had links with the Chechen mafia and was implicated in the murder of a well-known television presenter. Speaking in exile in London, Berezovsky said Khlebnikov was a victim of his own lack of accuracy in the way he reported the facts.
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Police find car used in shooting of Forbes editor
Patriot-News, FINAL, 11 July 2004
MOSCOW - Police yesterday found the car used in the drive-by shooting of the American editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition, news reports said. Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov, the country's top law- enforcement official, meanwhile said he was taking personal control of the investigation of the Friday night killing of Paul Klebnikov , the Interfax news agency reported. Klebnikov, 41, was gunned down outside the magazine's office. "Investigators are pursuing several theories about the crime, but the main one is the theory that ...
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FORBES RUSSIA PUBLICATION TO CONTINUE DESPITE EDITOR'S MURDER.
Interfax News Service, 11 July 2004 04:14 pm
MOSCOW. July 11 (Interfax) - Axel Springer Russia, the company that publishes the Russian language edition of Forbes magazine, plans to continue distributing the magazine. "The publishing house has no intentions of closing down the magazine," Irina Silayeva, general director of Axel Springier Russia, told Interfax on Sunday. "We are still in a state of shock over the murder of Forbes editor-in-chief Paul Khlebnikov . Give us two-three days to formulate our further plans," she said. Khlebnikov was killed on Friday evening when he was leaving his office in northeast Moscow. He was shot several ...
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SERVICE FOR MURDERED REPORTER TO BE HELD AT SAVIOR CHURCH.
Interfax News Service, 11 July 2004, 04:17 pm
MOSCOW. July 11 (Interfax) - A memorial service for Paul Khlebnikov , the former editor of Forbes magazine who was killed on Friday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Moscow's Church of the Savior, the press secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow told Interfax on Sunday. He said Khlebnikov's family had asked him to announce the time and place of the service. He added that the embassy is continuing to cooperate with Russian law enforcers investigating Khlebnikov's murder. "We cannot go into the details because Paul Khlebnikov 's family did not authorize the embassy to speak on their behalf," the press secretary said.
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Murdered writer `was like a bull in a china shop'
The Sunday Telegraph, 11 July 2004, BY CATHERINE BELTON in Moscow
BORIS BEREZOVSKY, the British-based Russian oligarch, last night described the United States journalist shot dead in Moscow on Friday as being "like a bull in a china shop" in the way he reported on Russia's business elite. Paul Klebnikov , editor of the newly launched Russian edition of Forbes magazine, wrote a controversial book on Berezovsky's rise to riches. The oligarch described Mr Klebnikov, 41, as "not an honest journalist," but said he would nonetheless miss him. Mr Klebnikov had earned a reputation for relentless investigative reporting. He was said by leading figures in Russia's publishing industry to have been working on a follow-up to Godfather of the Kremlin, his book on Mr Berezovsky, when he flew to Moscow last week. It was not clear whether the new book also centred on Mr Berezovsky, or on other aspects of Russia's business world.
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Crusader who rattled the neo-rich
The Hindu, 11 July 2004, By Vladimir Radyuhin
A prominent investigative journalist, who compiled a list of Russia's richest people, was gunned down in Moscow on Friday in what police said looked like a contract killing. Paul Klebnikov , chief editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, was shot in the chest four times at point-blank range as he was leaving his office in Moscow on Friday night. He died later in an ambulance.
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