Obituary: Paul Klebnikov
The Independent, 15 July 2004, Felix Corley
Founding editor of "Forbes Russia" who saw his journalism as a crusade
"THE FACT that the Russian market is ready for the appearance of such a publication is a sign that Russian business has begun a new, more civilised stage in its development," wrote Paul Klebnikov in the first issue of the Russian version of the Forbes business magazine which he edited, cheekily launched in Moscow on 22 April, Lenin"s birthday. ... a translator at the Nazi war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg and later headed the translation unit at the United Nations. After attending elite schools in New York and New Hampshire, Paul Klebnikov graduated first from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984 before moving to the London School of Economics, gaining an MA in 1985 and a doctorate, on the thesis ...
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'It Is the Moment of Truth for Russia'
The Moscow Times, 15 July 2004, Valeria Korchagina
The older brothers of Paul Klebnikov , the Forbes Russia editor who was shot dead in the street outside his office last week, challenged the government on Wednesday to solve the murder and show that Russia is becoming a normal country. "We are confident that such a high-profile case ... is a wonderful opportunity for the Russian government to show the world that it has turned the corner. We think they have every incentive to demonstrate their competence and their interest in solving this case quickly," Michael Klebnikov said. ... normal, the country is sick," Peter Klebnikov said.
The Klebnikovs had flown to Moscow to accompany their brother's body to New York, where he is to be buried on Friday. Paul Klebnikov , 41, was shot with an automatic weapon from a passing car last Friday night and died of multiple wounds shortly afterward. His killing is believed to be connected to his ...
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US NOTES RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES' ATTENTION TO KHLEBNIKOV CASE.
RIA Novosty, 15 July 2004
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 15 (RIA Novosti's Arkady Orlov) - The Bush administration maintains contacts with the Russian authorities that are investigating the murder of Paul Khlebnikov and note that the mourning ceremony on Wednesday was attended by the Russian prosecutor General, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher on Wednesday. We are gladdened by the high level of attention paid to this case in Russia, Boucher said, noting the importance of punishing the killers. In this case, quick justice is vital for avoiding the creation of an atmosphere of fear among journalists, he said. ... side does not need such assistance now but the offer still stands.
We maintain contacts with the Russian law enforcers, Boucher said, as well as with Khlebnikov's family and colleagues. Paul Khlebnikov was a courageous and talented journalist who symbolised the best American values of fair play, equality and openness. We revere his memory. Khlebnikov was killed for professional reasons, says an ... ... by theft] was rooted in his desire to see Russia's greatness realised, says Forbes editor Jim Michaels. Forbes' web site ( www.forbes.com ) carried the entire archives of journalistic investigation of Paul Khlebnikov 's murder.
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Russia: still as much a mystery as ever
Newsday, 15 July 2004, James Klurfeld
"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." That was the description of the Soviet Union by Winston Churchill in a London radio broadcast on Oct. 1, 1939. Unfortunately, it's a description that still fits the new Russia today. The murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov last week has whiplashed our attention back to Moscow after months of attention on Iraq and the Middle East. He was the editor of Forbes' Russian magazine and was actively ...
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Press Review - FSB becomes ministry, Khlebnikovs want justice.
Prime-TASS News (Russia), 15 July 2004
MOSCOW, July 15 (Prime-Tass) - Russian newspapers focused on a range of topics Thursday including sweeping changes to the Federal Security Service and a memorial service for Russian Forbes' editor Paul Khlebnikov . Below are selected headlines from the Thursday morning newspapers:
Vedomosti ... as a largely cosmetic exercise, rather than heralding meaningful reform of the government's so-called "power agencies.")
" 'It is the moment of truth for Russia' " (The older brothers of Paul Khlebnikov , the Forbes Russia editor who was shot dead in the street outside his office last week, challenged the government on Wednesday to solve the murder and show that Russia is ...
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American Optimist Mourned in Moscow; Slaying of Forbes Editor Reflects Old Ways of a Society He Hoped Was Changing
The Washington Post, 15 July 2004, Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser
As he lay bleeding on the street from four bullet wounds to the chest, American journalist Paul Klebnikov struggled to breathe. The first ambulance that showed up, according to a witness, couldn't give him oxygen because it didn't have any. When medics brought him to a hospital, the gate was locked and the ambulance had to wait. When they tried to take Klebnikov to an operating room, the witness said, the elevator broke down. It took at least 10 minutes for a repairman to get it going again. By the time the elevator door opened, a medic had declared Klebnikov dead.
In the end, the Russia that Paul Klebnikov loved, the country of his ancestors and of the future he hoped to build here with his family, would prove to be his demise. Friends say that when he came ... ... Ivan Pouschine, who was a friend of the poet Alexander Pushkin and was exiled to Siberia for his role in the failed 1825 rebellion known as the Decembrist uprising . Paul Klebnikov , a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Yale University and the London School of Economics, spent much of his career reporting on Russia, often exploring the secretive world ...
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Killed in the same old ruthless Russia
The Miami Herald, 15 July 2004, MICHAEL R. CAPUTO
PAUL KLEBNIKOV
American journalist Paul Klebnikov was shot to death outside my office building on Friday. At least it used to be my office. I worked with Klebnikov, Forbes magazine's maverick correspondent, several times in the past 10 years, sometimes in Moscow, sometimes in New York. Our paths crossed often through one of Russia's wildest decades.
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FOCUS - Journalist's death underscores Russia's changing face.
Prime-TASS News (Russia), 15 July 2004
MOSCOW, July 15 (Prime-Tass) - While the untimely death last Friday of Paul Klebnikov , the hard-hitting editor of Russian edition of Forbes, is undoubtedly a personal tragedy, it more and more is looking to be a national one as well. Although at least 14 journalists have been murdered in Russia since President Vladimir Putin rose to power in 2000, this latest casualty comes at a time when fears of a return to authoritarianism and an erosion of freedom of speech are particularly acute.
In an editorial in Forbes Russia's first issue in April, Klebnikov trumpeted the foray of one of the world's oldest and most renowned business publications into one of the world's most infamously challenged economies. He wrote that the magazine's launch was "a sign that Russian business has reached a new, more civilized stage of development." ... no voice to bring it back. That's the whole reason of having an open society - to have people who can articulate what is going on." With the loss of Paul Klebnikov and others like him, Russia's ability for sober self-reflection is growing ever more feeble.
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Editor's death worries media
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2004
Moscow -- Before his murder last week, American journalist Paul Klebnikov said Russia's violent days of gangster capitalism were over. Ironically, the 41-year-old editor of Russian Forbes magazine was killed in what police suspect was a contract hit. Klebnikov's slaying was ...
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AMERICAN BUSINESS GROUP WANTS INCREASED MEDIA DIALOG.
Interfax News Service, 15 July 2004
MOSCOW. July 15 (Interfax) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Russia has called on the Russian and American presidents to intensify dialog on the media. Efficient guidance will make the dialog, launched by the two presidents' initiative in 2001, a workable mechanism for solving numerous problems, some of which have recently been highlighted by the death of Russian Forbes editor-in-chief Paul Khlebnikov , the appeal states.
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UNESCO condemns killing of Forbes Magazine's chief in Russia
Xinhua News Agency, 15 July 2004
PARIS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Koichiro Matsuura, director of UNESCO, condemned strongly Thursday the killing of Paul Klebnikov , editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition, on July 9 in Moscow. "I condemn the killing of Paul Klebnikov ," he said. "I hope that the crime will be clarified and that the Russian authorities do the utmost to track the assailants." "The punishment for those accountable for Paul Klebnikov 's murder will be a forceful sign sent to all those who use violence to muzzle a media of quality, indispensable in Russia as well as elsewhere," he added. Matsuura said ...
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A Tragically Curtailed Experiment
The Moscow Times, 15 July 2004
... home from work. Thus was tragically cut short the experiment that this "Russian foreigner," who took a professional interest in Russia and loved the country, chose to perform on himself. Paul Klebnikov was a descendant of emigres who fled Russia after the 1917 Revolution. Born in New York in 1963, he spoke Russian from childhood, and, apart from English, had a good ... ... the rise of xenophobia in Europe, traditions of tax evasion in Italy and problems of secondary education in France, as well as analyzing conservative trends in America's black population. But Paul Klebnikov 's true passion and love was Russia. He first came to Russia as a student in 1984. He studied Russian history and made great strides together with his studies. In 1985, ... ... market, by the combination of Forbes' traditions and a talented team of young Russian journalists. This most viable of ideas had fatal consequences for him personally. After being mortally wounded, Paul Klebnikov said that he did not understand why he had been shot. Indeed, he had not been involved in any journalistic investigations in recent months. Thus, one can conclude that people ...
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Russian government's irrationality rankles U.S. business.
Prime-TASS Energy Service (Russia), 15 July 2004
Interview with Andrew Somers, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, President
MOSCOW, July 15 (Prime-Tass) - As President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, Andrew Somers spends a lot of time promoting U.S. business interests on former enemy terrain. And yet, although relations between the Cold War foes have undeniably become closer, the Russian government has not made his job any easier of late, Somers told Prime-Tass' Capital Markets Report in an interview on Wednesday. ... will not happen."
Another worrying factor about Russia is the increasingly tenuous position of freedom of the press and its practitioners, which the murder last Friday of Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov starkly reconfirmed. "(Klebnikov's death) is obviously a terrible personal tragedy, and it reflects to me the vulnerability of the press, and particularly individual journalists here," Somers said. "I think this ...
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Body of US journalist killed in Moscow to be taken to US.
ITAR-TASS World Service, 15 July 2004, Ksenia Kaminskaya
MOSCOW, July 15 (Itar-Tass) -- A coffin with the body of the chief editor of the Forbes magazine ' s Russian version, Paul Khlebnikov , who was killed near his Moscow office last Friday, will be taken to the U.S. later in the day. It will be escorted by Paul ' s elder brothers, Michael and Peter. The journalist will be buried in New York, said sources at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Paul Khlebnikov , 41, a well-known American journalist, was a U.S. citizen born into the family of naturalized Russian immigrants. He had a wife and three children. For many years, he was a ...
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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SLAIN RUSSIAN JOURNALIST
SBS 6.30pm TV World News Transcripts, 15 July 2004
Hundreds of mourners have attended a memorial service in Moscow for journalist Paul Klebnikov . The American editor of the Russian edition of 'Forbes' magazine was shot dead shortly after leaving work last Friday. He is among at least 40 journalists killed in Russia within the past four years. In Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, a farewell for a murdered brother. The grief, the shock, still raw, still real. Paul Klebnikov believed he could help Russia by exposing the shady deals of its super rich. He was gunned down in the street.
MICHAEL KLEBNIKOV, BROTHER: Paul felt that shedding light on issues was important and clearly there were people who were concerned about the light that would be shed. ... city of Tolyati two years ago, the editor of the local paper shot outside his home. It's thought over 40 journalists have died in Russia in the past 4 years. Paul Klebnikov was different, because he was foreign.
ANDREI RICHTER, MEDIA LAW INSTITUTE: Things are getting worse for political journalists, things are getting worse for investigative journalists. If we claim that Russia ... and dangerous. KIRILL BELYANINOV, JOURNALIST: This is part of the strategy that the TV channels won't disturb the government, let's say. There will be no uncontrolled investigations, no uncontrolled voices. Paul Klebnikov 's tragedy is that he believed investigative reporting could change this country for the better. A man too optimistic, perhaps, for today's Russia.
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Murder of Paul Klebnikov
CNN International: Insight, 15 July 2004, Jonathan Mann, Jill Dougherty
JONATHAN MANN, CNN HOST: Stop the press. Russian journalists are being murdered, Russian media reigned in. Can there really be democracy when just printing the facts proves deadly.?
But in Russia right now, people are wondering if a list like that got the man who published it killed. Paul Klebnikov was the 41-year-old editor of the Russian edition of "Forbes" magazine, gunned down a week ago Friday. In the magazine's May edition, "Forbes" published a list of Russia's richest people, ... bureau chief, Jill Dougherty.
JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): At Echo Moscow Radio, they're searching for answers in the shooting death of "Forbes" magazine's Russia editor Paul Klebnikov . But so far, according to the station's news director, the investigation seems, quote, "wrapped in secrets and lies."
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The Murder of Paul Klebnikov
The Asian Wall Street Journal, 15 July 2004, David Satter
The shooting on a Moscow street of Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov on Friday demonstrates the extent to which, despite talk about Russia becoming a normal country, the society is still a hostage to organized crime. Russia today is not as violent as it was in the mid-1990s, when the competition between gangs often led to massacres in city centers in the middle of the day. What this means, however, is that criminality in Russia today is institutionalized. Territory has been divided up so competing interests no longer need to wage war on each other. But these interests are corrupt in themselves and, when threatened with revelations about their operations, can kill with impunity.
It was this situation that made possible the murder of Paul Klebnikov . The killing of an American journalist is likely to inspire a temporary flurry of activity on the part of the Russian authorities. The prosecutor general, Vladimir Ustinov, has announced ... ... deadliest countries for journalists. If the U.S. does not react forcefully, however, even that limited immunity will be gone. At the same time, the Russians will do nothing to find Paul Klebnikov 's murderers and a system will be confirmed in Russia that weds the country's future to dictatorship and organized crime.
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