Transition: Paul Klebnikov
Newsweek, 19 July 2004, Frank Brown
On a Moscow street late Friday night, American journalist Paul Klebnikov was fatally shot after leaving his office at Forbes magazine. Klebnikov, 41, had overseen the launch in April of the magazine's new Russian edition, serving as editor in chief. Bleeding from four gunshot wounds, Klebnikov spoke to the editor of NEWSWEEK's Russian edition, Alexander Gordeev, whose publication shares office space with Forbes. Gordeev asked him who could have ordered the hit. "I don't know," Klebnikov answered. He took his last breaths in an ambulance on the way to a local hospital.
The scene has become familiar in President Vladimir Putin's Russia, and the culprits are rarely caught. Russia's top prosecutor vowed to personally lead the search for Klebnikov's killers, but in the 10 cases over the past four years in which journalists were murdered, not one has been solved.
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End of story . . .: Carolynne Wheeler in Moscow highlights the dangers facing journalists in the wake of Paul Klebnikov's murder
The Guardian, 19 July 2004
The shots that rang out on a quiet suburban street in Moscow last weekend, killing Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov , have resounded throughout a media industry already looking over its shoulder. The murder of the American journalist, presumed to be a contract killing, suggests a return to the early 1990s, when such deaths among big businessmen were rampant and journalists investigated the underworld at their own risk, often paying the ultimate price.
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Second editor killed in 10 days as fear grips Moscow
The Independent, 19 July 2004, Andrew Osborn
RUSSIA"S JITTERY foreign press corps was plunged into mourning yesterday for the second time in as many weeks after another foreign journalist was murdered in Moscow. The killing of Paila Peloyan, the Armenian editor of the Russian-language monthly, Armenian Lane, comes barely a week after Paul Klebnikov , the US editor of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, was gunned down in cold blood. Nobody has been arrested for his murder. ... investigated or prosecuted, a testament to the ongoing lawlessness in Russia and your failure to reform the country"s weak and politicised criminal justice system," it said.
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Europe: Journalist murdered in Russia
The Guardian, 19 July 2004
Another prominent foreign journalist has been killed in Moscow eight days after the American investigative reporter Paul Klebnikov was murdered outside his office. Pail Peloyan, the editor of the magazine Armenian Lane, was found on the hard shoulder of Moscow's large ring road with severe head injuries and knife wounds to the chest on Saturday morning.
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Free speech withers, dies in Putin's regime
Akron Beacon Journal (OH), Special to the Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2004, Andrew Meier
LOS ANGELES
The writer, Time magazine's Moscow correspondent in 1996-2001, is the author of Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall.
He did not go to Iraq or Afghanistan or down a dark alley in Pakistan. Unlike Danny Pearl or Michael Kelly, American journalist Paul Klebnikov did not think he was going to war. But late on a recent Friday evening, as he left his Moscow office, Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine's newly launched Russian ...
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Russia: Still the big chill
Viewpoint; The Boston Globe, 19 July 2004
Fourteen journalists have been assassinated in Russia since Vladimir Putin became president in 2000. None of the crimes has been solved, not one of the criminals punished. Just over a week ago, Paul Klebnikov , Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Russia, was murdered leaving work by a gunman who fired four shots from a car. Before he died, Klebnikov said he did not recognize the gunman and did not know who might have ordered the attack.
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Employee of Armenian magazine killed in Moscow
Associated Press Newswires, 19 July 2004
MOSCOW (AP) - An Armenian magazine employee died after being stabbed and beaten in Moscow, the magazine's chief said Monday.
The death of Pail Peloyan on Saturday came little more than a week after American Paul Klebnikov , editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was likely to raise concern about journalists' safety in Russia.
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Russian TV highlights for week 12-18 July 2004
BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union, 19 July 2004
The following is an account of the way the state-owned RUSSIA TV CHANNEL (RTV), the state-controlled CHANNEL ONE (CH1), and the two commercial stations NTV and REN TV have covered domestic and international events this week:
CH1's coverage of the stand-off with Georgia over South Ossetia has generally shown that there are two sides to the argument, whereas RTV has given minimal coverage to Georgia's point of view. State TV bulletins later in the week focused increasingly on reports of Georgian violations of an agreement reached at the session of the Joint Control Commission in Moscow on 15 July. ... out of its way to give Khodorkovskiy some positive publicity, reporting on 12 July that the former Yukos boss had offered his condolences to the family of murdered Forbes journalist Paul Khlebnikov . On 14 July REN TV reported that Khodorkovskiy had called for the sacking of new Yukos chairman, Viktor Gerashchenko. All channels carried reports on the attempted assassination of acting Chechen ...
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CHIEF EDITOR OF ARMENIAN ALLEY MAGAZINE BECOMES 16TH JOURNALISTS MURDERED IN RUSSIA SINCE 2000 - THE INDEPENDENT
ARKA - News (Armenia), 19 July 2004
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Chief Editor of Armenian Alley Magazine Pail Peloyan became 16th journalists murdered in Russia since 2000, when Vladimir Putin has taken the office of the President of Russian Federation, says the article of Andrew Osbourne "Moscow in Fair" in English Newspaper The Independent. The author writes that foreign journalists working in Russia fair and are indignant with this news on murder of another foreign journalists, second for the last 10 days. Murder of Pail Peloyan happened a week since the death of the Editor of Russian version of Forbes Magazine Paul Klebnikov shot by cold-blooded killer. No one has been arrested on this case yet. The author notes that Russian law-enforcement bodies do not exclude opportunity that the murder of Peloyan connected to his professional activity and mentions that work of Peloyan had no disputable issues. Materials of Peloyan had literary-fiction character only. ... Protection of Journalists thinks that Russia is the most dangerous country for journalists. The administration of the Committee turned to Vladimir Putin with open letter right after the murder of Paul Klebnikov condemning "lawlessness and impunity" in Russia. "Cases of death of journalists in Russia are not investigated properly and it is another fact of domination of lawlessness in the country in ...
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REACTION TO WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE.
RIA Novosty, 19 July 2004
In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, Mikhail Lesin, an advisor to the Russian president, said that he categorically disagreed with the opinion that the editor in chief of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, Paul Khlebnikov , fell victim to the policy of the Russian government. Mr. Lesin's letter was in response to "Lawless Russia," published in the Wall Street Journal on July 12.\
"Every day dozens of people, above all journalists and businessmen, fall victims of killers in many cities, including New York," Mr. Lesin wrote. "However, nobody in Russia accuses the leadership of the U.S. or some other country that "a criminal elite in which gangsters, businesses and corrupt officials work together" is behind all these tragic murders. Alas, this is a quotation from your article. Its author insists that Mr. Khlebnikov is the victim of the Russian leadership."
Mr. Lesin wrote: "However, it is absurd to believe that Paul Khlebnikov is a victim of the present regime. Russia has radically changed for the better since then. To deny it means not to understand this country. By the way, Mr. Khlebnikov ...
... "Undoubtedly, this murder aroused indignation in the Kremlin and among Russian top officials. Therefore, the Russian Prosecutor General took "personal control" of the investigation. If Russia can do anything for Paul Khlebnikov 's family, it will do it. We shall search for the killers and find them."
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OUR INTERIOR CAUSE
WPS: What the Papers Say, 19 July 2004, Andrei Voronin
Reference: Gazeta, July 19, 2004, pp. 1, 3
... comments on almost all significant crimes or investigations - but now the Interior Ministry hasn't even offered its official response to such events as the murders of Akhmad Kadyrov and Paul Khlebnikov , as well as a recent guerrilla raid on Ingushetia and the subsequent resignation appeal by Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, commander of the Interior Forces.
The rearrangements in the Interior Ministry will also ...
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Media: End of story . . .: Carolynne Wheeler in Moscow highlights the dangers facing journalists in the wake of Paul Klebnikov's murder
The Guardian, 19 July 2004, Carolynne Wheeler
The shots that rang out on a quiet suburban street in Moscow last weekend, killing Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov , have resounded throughout a media industry already looking over its shoulder. The murder of the American journalist, presumed to be a contract killing, suggests a return to the early 1990s, when such deaths among big businessmen were rampant and journalists investigated the underworld at their own risk, often paying the ultimate price.
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News Roundup: Europe: Editor murdered in Russia
The Guardian, 19 July 2004, Nick Paton Walsh
Another prominent foreign journalist has been killed in Moscow eight days after the American investigative reporter Paul Klebnikov was murdered outside his office. Pail Peloyan, the editor of the magazine Armenian Lane, was found on the hard shoulder of Moscow's large ring road with severe head injuries and knife wounds to the chest on Saturday morning.
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Russia in transition: troubling questions Killing of editor casts doubt on future
The New York Times, 19 July 2004, C.J. Chivers, Erin E. Arvedlund and Sophia Kishkovsky
MOSCOW: Paul Klebnikov , the editor of Forbes Russia, was dying. ... post-Soviet disarray, how far and how fast can Russia really go? "The country can build skyscrapers and solve international conflicts and even win tennis tournaments," said Peter Klebnikov, one of Paul Klebnikov 's brothers. "But so long as it's considered completely normal to resolve disputes and kill a person who is interfering with the way you want to live, this country is ailing." ...
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IPI CONDEMNS MURDER OF PAYL PELOYAN
IPR Strategic Information Database, 19 July 2004
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the murder of Payl Peloyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian-language Armyanski Pereulok (Armenian Lane), an arts and literature magazine serving the Armenian community in Moscow. Peloyan's body was found on 17 July at the side of the MKAD ringroad that circles Moscow. His body bore knife wounds to his chest and signs of beating on his head and face. The police did not rule out the possibility that his murder was linked to his work as a journalist. Peloyan's murder comes shortly after the brutal murder of Forbes magazine editor-in-chief Paul Khlebnikov . IPI views this incident as further proof of increasingly dangerous times for journalists in Russia and believes that the media must be allowed to practice their profession free of intimidation and harassment.
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Criminals, Not Russia, Murdered Klebnikov
The Wall Street Journal, 19 July 2004
Russia was shocked by the murder of talented journalist Paul Klebnikov . Unfortunately, we again see that no one, neither Russians nor Americans working here, is secure from contract killers. I understand the emotions of the author of the July 12 editorial "Lawless Russia." Any homicide is stunning and shocking. This murder aroused indignation in the Kremlin and among Russia's top officials. Therefore, the Russian prosecutor general took "personal control" of the investigation. If Russia can do anything for Paul Klebnikov 's family, it will do so. We shall search for the killers and find them. I would like to do justice to Paul Klebnikov 's courage by saying that if he were alive he would hardly have approved of some of the author's conclusions. He loved Russia, the birthplace of his ancestors, and was pursuing a successful career here. Unfortunately, he was also killed in Russia. But I am still convinced of Russians' respect for American journalists.
... Indeed, 10 years ago Russia was a weak country. It was a period of primary capital accumulation, which saw many displays of lawlessness. However, it is absurd to believe that Paul Klebnikov is a victim of the present regime. Russia has radically changed for the better since then. To deny it means not to understand this country. Mr. Klebnikov himself had written ... ... in its opposition to criminals.
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Magazine Editor Murdered
The Moscow Times, 19 July 2004, Carl Schreck
The Armenian editor of a Russian-language magazine focusing on Armenian issues was beaten and stabbed to death Saturday, and his body dumped on the outskirts of Moscow, police said. Pail Peloyan, editor of Armyansky Pereulok, was found dead with knife wounds to the chest and severe trauma to the head at 7 a.m. Saturday just outside the Moscow Ring Road on the southwestern edge of the city, a city police spokesman told Interfax. He died between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. ... murder was connected to Peloyan's journalistic work.
Peloyan was the second magazine editor to be killed in Moscow in a little over a week. On July 9, Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov was shot by unknown assailants. Their publications, however, could not be more different. Armyansky Pereulok had a circulation of 1,000 and covered harmless topics ranging from Armenian history to Russian-Armenian ...
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Who are the next Abramoviches?
The Independent, 20 July 2004, Kim Sengupta
Fabulously decadent, dangerously powerful: Russia"s super-rich entrepreneurs are on the rise. But financial scandal - and the murder of a journalist - has brought them unwelcome attention. Kim Sengupta meets the new oligarchs The chandeliers shimmer in the mirrored walls of Catherine the Great"s golden throne room. In between sampling the caviar, truffles and champagne, we applaud the stars of the Kirov Ballet and Opera. Vladimir Putin strolls in late. ... some for their private jets at the airport, and some for the exclusive gaming tables and breakfast at the Taleon Club, the best restaurant in St Petersburg. Two weeks later, Paul Klebnikov , the New York-born editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, is shot four times at point-blank range as he leaves his office in central Moscow. Police say that at ...
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Too High Expectations Bound to Disappoint
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia), 20 July 2004, Andrew C. Kuchins
I arrived in Moscow almost a year ago under the illusion that after a traumatic decade Russia was stabilizing, becoming more predictable, maybe even rebounding. While the past year has been extraordinarily interesting intellectually, thoughts of stability and predictability must once again be set aside, if only for a time. In fact, there has been so much negative news that friends now say to me: ? Gee, Andy, it seems like ever since you arrived in Russia the place has gone downhill. ? Just for the record, I acknowledge the coincidence but not the causal link between the two. ... of Russia ? s fabulous macroeconomic story.
A series of terrorist attacks in Moscow and elsewhere have rocked our sense of stability and security. And the brutal murder of the talented journalist Paul Klebnikov on July 9 brings back the memories of Russia 10 years ago, when the country was rife with gangland shootings and organized and disorganized criminals ran rampant. President Vladimir Putin ...
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A murder in Moscow
The Japan Times, 20 July 2004
The recent assassination of journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow has sent an unmistakable signal about President Vladimir Putin's Russia. Truth and transparency are under assault. The law has been subordinated to brute strength. The slaying of Mr. Klebnikov is the most naked manifestation of how things work in the New Russia, but it is a difference of degree, not in kind. Finding and punishing the people behind this killing _ not just the triggerman, but the individuals who paid for the murder _ is a litmus test for Mr. Putin and his government. Earlier this month, Mr. Klebnikov, the 41-year-old editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was shot as he left his office. He died at the hospital, after telling a friend he did not recognize who shot him. The circumstances of his treatment say a lot about Russia: Two of the ambulances that arrived at the shooting did not have oxygen. When he got to the hospital, the elevator went the wrong direction and then got stuck.
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Reporters' deaths stain the future of Putin's Russia
The Times, 20 July 2004, Jeremy Page
THE voice at the end of the telephone line was muffled but menacing. "You should be careful what you write," the man said, without giving his name. ... a hoax from one of the desperate, disillusioned or mentally disturbed individuals who often call foreign reporters' offices here. But it seems suddenly more chilling after the gangland-style killing of Paul Khlebnikov , editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, on July 9 and the murder of Pail Peloyan, an Armenian reporter, at the weekend. It also emerged last week that a reporter in ... be identified. "If 861 words English, (c) 2004 Times Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved
KLEBNIKOV WASN'T PLANNING BOOK ON SIMILAR MURDER - FAMILY.
Interfax News Service, 20 July 2004
MOSCOW. July 20 (Interfax) - Paul Klebnikov , the editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, never intended to write a book on the murder of journalist Vladimir Listyev, said Klebnikov's family. "The rumors of Pavel intending to write a book on the murder of Listyev are absolutely untrue," Klebnikov's brother Mikhail told Interfax on Tuesday. Pavel is the Russian form of the name Paul.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Russia's journalists
International Herald Tribune, 20 July 2004
The Yabloko Party views the murder of Paul Klebnikov as an exceptionally grave political event. At the core, we view this as an act of intimidation against foreign correspondents in Russia. The purpose is to frighten everyone who intends to scrutinize seriously what is really happening in our country.
This crime speaks to two things. First, the authorities do not wish to fulfill their obligation to protect citizens of other countries especially if their activities do not correspond with the interests of the ruling group. Other conclusions are not excluded, and for that we need a need a serious, independent investigation. Second, criminals are directly involved in politics. They freely cross the line even when it involves internationally known public figures Galina Starovoitova, Sergei Yushenkov, Valentin Tsvetkov, Paul Klebnikov .
Paul Klebnikov was a fearless person. He loved Russia and believed in its bright and just future. Only he concluded too early that it had already arrived. Please accept my deep condolences ...
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SLAIN 'FORBES' EDITOR WAS REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING KILLING OF ORT DIRECTOR...
IPR Strategic Information Database, 20 July 2004
Valerii Streletskii, the Russian publisher of Paul Klebnikov 's books, has said that prior to his killing the editor of the Russian edition of "Forbes" magazine was working on a book on the unsolved killing in 1995 of ORT General Director Vladislav Listiev, international media reported. Streletskii, a retired Interior Ministry colonel who in 1994-95 oversaw an investigation into corruption among top presidential security service officials, told "Moskovskie novosti" and "Rodnaya gazeta" on 16 July and "The Independent" on 17 July that he and his former superior in the presidential security service, Aleksandr Korzhakov, frequently provided Klebnikov with information. Streletskii said he knew Klebnikov well and does not believe his killing is linked to "Forbes" magazine's publication of a list of the richest Russians. Streletskii also dismissed speculation that self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovskii, who feuded publicly with Klebnikov, might be behind the killing.
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JOURNALISTS AND DETECTIVES
WPS: What the Papers Say, 20 July 2004
Forbes magazine may do its own investigation
Author: Regina Komarova
Reference: Novye Izvestia, July 20, 2004, p. 6
WPS Summary: According to sources, Forbes journalists are investigating the murder of Paul Khlebnikov , chief editor of the Russian-language edition of Forbes, and have already dismissed several theories as unfounded. The Russian office of Forbes categorically denies reports of a private investigation./
WPS Subject: The top theories about the murder of Paul Khlebnikov
According to what information is available at this point, Forbes journalists are investigating the murder of Paul Khlebnikov , chief editor of the Russian-language edition of Forbes, and have already dismissed several theories as unfounded.
As in the very first days following Paul Khlebnikov 's murder, information on the investigation under way is scarce. It is only known that investigators are tracing everyone with whom Khlebnikov had contacts, questioning employees of Newsweek and Forbes, and ...
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