American Pie
Press Gazette, 22 July 2004, Jeffrey Blyth
The murder in Moscow of Paul Klebnikov , the American editor of the Russian edition of Forbes Magazine has highlighted just how many American magazines and newspapers are being published in other countries. Hearst Corporation, for example, publishes 135 editions of its magazines in 30 languages in more than 100 countries. It has four magazines in Russia and seven in China. Many are licensed to local publishers, such as the South African editions of Popular Mechanics and O, The Oprah Magazine. The trend accelerated in 2001 when global advertising began to decline and US publishers started licensing titles to overseas companies, sometimes even competitors. For example, Gruner+Jahr, the German company, produces a Polish edition of Cond? Nast?s Glamour. Even National Geographic is published in Polish under license.
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USHER AND DATE IN THE TUNNEL OF LOVE
New York Daily News, 22 July 2004, GEORGE RUSH AND JOANNA MOLLOY With Jo Piazza, Chris Rovzar and JawnMurray
Usher may not be ready to confess, but we hear he's found a new girlfriend.
Friends say the R & B star has grown close to model Eishia Brightwell.
... just proposed to Asian beauty Jennie Lee, whom he affectionately calls Onion. No wedding date set yet NOBEL PRIZE winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has sent his condolences to the family of Paul Klebnikov , the Forbes magazine editor who was gunned down in Moscow on July 9. A friend tells us the 85-year-old writer dispatched one of his sons to Klebnikov's funeral last Friday ...
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Modernising Putin's 'managed democracy'.
Financial Times (FT.Com), 22 July 2004, ANATOL LIEVEN
Vladimir Putin is a convinced reformer, dedicated to modernising Russia and integrating it into the world economy. Both his language and his actions leave no doubt about this. Equally, it is obvious that Mr Putin is not a sincere or convinced liberal democrat, at least not for Russia in its present state or for many years to come.
... that restoring the core powers of the Russian state is essential both for stable and successful capitalism and for the real long-term freedom of ordinary Russians. The recent assassination of Paul Klebnikov , the Russian-American journalist, is a reminder of just how much Russia, like so many developing countries, is threatened by the private violence and greed of the powerful. In the longer ...
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Pattern of Violent Abuses Of Journalists in Russia
The Wall Street Journal, 22 July 2004
Mikhail Lesin, adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, provides a misleading criticism of your July 12 editorial about the murder of Forbes Russia Editor-in-Chief Paul Klebnikov ( "Criminals, Not Russia, Murdered Klebnikov," Letters to the Editor, July 19).
While Mr. Lesin suggests that journalists in the U.S. are also murdered under similar circumstances, the research of the Committee to Protect Journalists indicates such cases are extremely rare. ... inspectors, police, military, security services, state companies and other Kremlin allies to suppress independent news reporting with politicized lawsuits, tax inspections, corporate takeovers, bureaucratic decrees and Soviet-style threats and intimidation. Paul Klebnikov 's murder is part of a broad and consistent pattern of violent abuses against journalists in Russia. Despite numerous calls for justice from CPJ and other press freedom groups, Mr. Putin's ...\
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Illarionov Airs His View of the Kyoto Seminar
The Moscow Times, 23 July 2004
... to "It Is the Moment of Truth for Russia," an article by Valeria Korchagina on July 15.
Editor, With great sadness I read the news about the memorial service for Paul Klebnikov , a man I admired so much. I read the words of his brother: "As long as resolving disputes or removing someone who stands in the way by murder is considered ...
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Press Review: Russia ' s govt to sell its stake in Lukoil
Prime-TASS News (Russia), 23 July 2004
MOSCOW, July 23 (Prime-Tass) -- Russian newspapers on Friday focused mainly on the upcoming sale of the state ' s stake in the Lukoil oil major and new problems for another Russian oil major Yukos. Below are selected headlines from the Friday morning newspapers:
Vedomosti
... Yukos to halt its operations and exports and plunge it into bankruptcy as soon as mid-August, company executives warned Thursday.)
" Klebnikov murder motives multiply" (Two weeks after Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov was killed in a contract hit, investigators remain tight-lipped on what leads they are pursuing and what could have been the motive for the murder..
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Walter Cronkite | A new shadow: Putin and the media
Centre Daily Times, 23 July 2004
As the United States has developed under President Bush the much-desired friendlier relationship with Russia, we have ignored a disturbing development in Moscow that casts a heavy cloud over that relationship.
On July 9, Paul Klebnikov , the American-born editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was gunned down as he left his office in Moscow, making him the 15th journalist to be killed in Russia since 2000 and showing once again that Vladimir Putin's Russia is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists to practice their trade.
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Klebnikov Murder Motives Multiply
The Moscow Times, 23 July 2004, Francesca Mereu
Two weeks after Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov was killed in a contract hit, investigators remain tight-lipped on what leads they are pursuing and what could have been the motive for the murder.
The number of theories being floated about by journalists and others, however, continues to multiple. Various theories point to Chechen rebels, big business or the secret services, to President Vladimir Putin's friends or to his foes.
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NO ANSWERS IN EDITOR'S SLAYING IN RUSSIAMANY THEORIES CITY AMERICAN'S WORK
The Boston Globe, 23 July 2004, Anna Dolgov
MOSCOW The bullet-riddled body of American journalist Paul Klebnikov had only just arrived at a Moscow morgue when theories began swirling around the city about who ordered the editor of Forbes Russia killed and why.
The magazine had published a list of Russia's billionaires, many of whom do not want attention directed to their wealth, and Russian media suggested revenge by the oligarchs as a possible motive. Klebnikov wrote a book that is highly critical of Islamic radicals in Chechnya, and some commentators noted the extremist connection. Klebnikov may have been investigating the murder of a television personality, prompting speculation that the killers decided to silence him.
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Modernising Putin's 'managed democracy'.
Financial Times (FT.Com), 23 July 2004, ANATOL LIEVEN
Vladimir Putin is a convinced reformer, dedicated to modernising Russia and integrating it into the world economy. Both his language and his actions leave no doubt about this. Equally, it is obvious that Mr Putin is not a sincere or convinced liberal democrat, at least not for Russia in its present state or for many years to come. ... that restoring the core powers of the Russian state is essential both for stable and successful capitalism and for the real long-term freedom of ordinary Russians. The recent assassination of Paul Klebnikov , the Russian-American journalist, is a reminder of just how much Russia, like so many developing countries, is threatened by the private violence and greed of the powerful. In the longer ...
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The new-world tsars of St Petersburg
Canberra Times, 24 July 2004
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.
This is the White Nights Ball in St Petersburg, once the most glittering occasion in the Tsarist social calendar, and now, again, a fabulous attraction. Tickets cost about $A1800, but they're not exactly on general sale. Among those present are Valentina Matvianko, the Governor of St Petersburg (who is tipped to be the first female president of Russia), plus cabinet ministers from the Kremlin, ambassadors, artists - and Prince Michael of Kent, who, thanks to his resemblance to the last Tsar, has iconic status in Russia. ... 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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The rich and the dead; 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.
The Hamilton Spectator, 24 July 2004, Kim Sengupta
Billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, the main owner of Russian oil giant YUKOS; Russian business tycoon Boris Berezovsky, centre, epitomizes Russia's crony capitalism. Paul Klebnikov , right, the editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition and author of a book about Berezovsky, was shot to death in Moscow earlier this month.
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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EDITORIAL: JOURNALIST MURDERED IN MOSCOW
Voice of America Press Releases and Documents, 25 July 2004
Radio Scripts - EDITORIAL 0-11484
Anncr: Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States Government.
Voice: American journalist Paul Klebnikov was shot to death this month in Moscow by unknown assailants. The longtime investigative reporter was the editor of the newly launched Russian-language edition of the U.S.-based Forbes magazine. U.S. ... POLICY/ACTUALITIES) "It is important for us that the killers be brought swiftly to justice. And swift accountability in this case is important to avoid a climate of fear for journalists. Paul Klebnikov was a courageous and talented journalist, who represented the best of American values of fair play, equality, and openness." (END ACT)
Paul Klebnikov 's work focused on the links among politics, corruption, wealth, and violence. His book about exiled Russian business tycoon Boris Berezovsky, entitled "Godfather of the Kremlin," was published in 2000. His ... ... dozen billionaires. The list provoked much comment in a country where most people are desperately poor. As the descendant of Russians who had emigrated after the Communist takeover in 1917, Paul Klebnikov had an abiding interest in and affection for Russia. But he didn't limit himself to writing about that country. In an article published in 2003 by the English-language edition of ...... associates "call the shots behind the curtain and have gotten very rich in the process."
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Periscope
Newsweek International, 26 July 2004, Zahid Hussain, Marites Vitug, William Underhill, Karin Bennett and Adam Piore, Alexander Gordeyev, Elise Soukup, B. J. Lee, Emily Flynn, Allison Samuels
RUSSIA: Last Moments
Paul Klebnikov , editor of the Russian edition of Forbes, often worked late. On July 9 at about 9:30 p.m., he wrote an e-mail to one of his writers, took his backpack and ...
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Murder Most Foul in Moscow; A journalist's killing casts more doubt on Russia's commitment to a civil society
BusinessWeek, 26 July 2004, Jason Bush
Few can deny that in recent years, under the Presidency of Vladimir V. Putin, Russia has become a more stable, orderly, and predictable
society. That's certainly how it seemed to Paul Klebnikov , editor of the recently launched Russian edition of Forbes, the American financial publication, and many others. ``Russian business has reached a new, more civilized stage of its development,'' he wrote in the magazine's first edition in April. Those words now seem tragically ironic, coming just a few weeks before Klebnikov's cold-blooded killing on June 10, when the journalist was shot dead in a contract-style murder outside his offices in Moscow.
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IN THE AFTERMATH OF HIS JULY 9 MURDER, "FORBES RUSSIA" EDITOR PAUL KLEBNIKOV HAD A LOT OF BUSINESS-MAGAZINE FRIENDS.
MIN Media Industry Newsletter, 26 July 2004
His assassination as he left the Forbes offices in Moscow--coming just three months after the edition's launch--was what BusinessWeek (July 26) called "a contract-style murder" with Klebnikov making enemies for publishing the net worth of Russia's biggest kingpins (a la Forbes's "400 Richest Americans" perennial). Among the most quoted was Fortune senior editor Richard Behar, a Forbes alumnus and close friend of Klebnikov (who had been with the magazine since 1989). And among the most outspoken was The Wall Street Journal, which editorialized July 12 that the murder of frequent WSJ contributor Klebnikov was the latest example of Lawless Russia, in which "a criminal elite [of] gangsters, businesses, and corrupt officials work together." Klebnikov's murder came 21/2 years after that of WSJ correspondent Daniel Pearl in Afghanistan, and the 40,000-circulation Forbes Russia--which is in partnership with Axel Springer-- continues.
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Fact and Comment
Forbes Global, 26 July 2004, Steve Forbes
Paul Klebnikov 1963-2004
Paul Klebnikov , 41, Editor of FORBES RUSSIA, was murdered in Moscow on July 9. He was shot four times as he left work and died shortly thereafter. He left behind a wife and three young children. ... "appeal to the better angels of our nature." Paul passionately believed in this better Russia and felt his work would play a role in moving this redemptive process forward. Sadly, Paul Klebnikov will not be with us to see this vision realized. But his life and his death will have been key in the rise of a Russia that is true to ...
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Do Svidanya, Pavel
Forbes Global, 26 July 2004, Tim Ferguson
Jim Michaels, the longtime editor of FORBES and now the editorial vice president of our company, was classically on point when I asked him about Paul Klebnikov , our colleague who was shot to death in Moscow just as we were putting this issue to bed: "You can say of Paul, without exaggeration, that he gave his life for the truth. Paul believed in his soul in the greatness of Russia. His harsh criticism of the post-Soviet kleptocracy sprang from a passion to see that greatness realized."
After 15 years of doing tough international stories for FORBES, some of which appeared on the cover of this magazine, Paul this year became the first editor of FORBES RUSSIA. He went right to work profiling the rich and powerful of that tumultuous country, to which he traced his own bloodline. His journalism, reflecting his own driven style, stirred passions. In the immediate wake of his killing, we can only assume it drove someone to murder.
... of ever-enigmatic Russia, but in the face of ever more present danger, the best in our business are going to keep at the quest. Let this be the tribute to Paul Klebnikov . We know that most of you have things other than business and finance on your minds in August. We'll be taking a publishing break and will see you with some ...
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The Foreign Press Is Blinded by Illusions
The Moscow Times, 27 July 2004, Alexei Pankin
A few months ago my pocket was picked in St. Petersburg's House of Journalists. For some reason the thief took everything in my wallet except for the credit cards. As the theft occurred while I was writing my latest "anti-democratic" column for The Moscow Times, I concluded that the freedomologists were trying to give me a scare. I decided to call a news conference right then and there to accuse President Vladimir Putin of failing to ensure the security of independent journalists.
... have guessed, this story is a somewhat far-fetched allegory of press coverage -- mostly Western, but also here at home, such as Yevgeny Kiselyov's editorial in Moskovskiye Novosti -- of Paul Klebnikov 's death. Ethical considerations would have stopped me from taking issue with what has been written since Paul was murdered on July 9. But last week I found a like-minded ally ... ... these occasionally tragic conflicts, civil society takes shape and the space of freedom expands. And these processes are little affected by whoever happens to be in power at the time. Paul Klebnikov was one of the few foreign journalists who understood this fact. His comments on the normalization of life in Russia must be understood in this context.
If foreign journalists writing ...
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No Justice in Russia
The Wall Street Journal Europe, 27 July 2004
On July 12 I read your outstanding editorial "Lawless Russia." I'm a Russian, and I felt ashamed to live in a country where only a tiny minority mentioned, let along mourned, the murder of a person who, alas, wasn't a citizen of this country.
But as much as I was fascinated by your editorial, I was shocked by the letter to the editor ("Criminals, Not Russia, Murdered Klebnikov") published just one week later, on July 20, in which Mr. Lesin de facto describes Paul Klebnikov 's murder as nothing more than a sad episode of modern Russian history. No doubt, Mr. Lesin may say that our colleague was killed by criminals, not by Russia. But does he believe these criminals came from outside the country? Or maybe that they do not have any links to somebody from that "criminal elite of gangsters" you mentioned in your article? I will never believe that.
... Vladivostok to the Kalmyk region. The mysterious death of Youri Schekochikhin, a highly respected columnist for Novaya Gazeta, was not even investigated.
I disagree with Mr. Lesin since I believe Paul Klebnikov was a victim of the current regime, which guards self-made laws, but not justice. And there are "certain criminals," as Mr. Lesin calls them, but I'm sure that we will ...
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LETTERS - China attacks freedom in Hong Kong
The Providence Journal, 27 July 2004
Regarding the July 18 editorial "Lawless Russia": The killing of Paul Klebnikov , an American journalist in Moscow who wrote the truth about Vladimir Putin's government, strikes at the heart of those principles we Americans hold dear and deem inviolable. You are on the mark in saying that "the United States should strive to make Russia understand that its future as a world leader depends on its commitment to freedom, democracy and rule of law."
The same applies to China, whose leaders care more about keeping the Chinese Communist Party in power than "freedom, democracy and the rule of law." In fact, undermining these principles is more accurately what China does in Hong Kong. Shame on John Kerry for wanting Taiwan to follow in Hong Kong's footsteps!
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Forbes editor's death result of his greed, former Yeltsin's bodyguard says
BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union, 28 July 2004
Excerpt from report by Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda on 28 July
Aleksandr Korzhakov's new book is a second edition of his previous one ["From Dusk to Dawn"]. At least, its title has hardly changed: "Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk. Epilogue." However, quite a few new details and facts have been added to the current 550-page work. [Passage omitted] Korzhakov deals with the murdered editor of the Russian edition of the Forbes magazine, Paul Khlebnikov , separately: "He died as a result of his greed. I had worked with him on his book and agreed to take the stand against oligarch Boris Berezovskiy. There was no ...
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HEADLINE NEWS.
Interfax: Petroleum Report, 28 July 2004
FORBES RUSSIA EDITOR MURDERED. Paul Klebnikov , the American editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, was shot outside of his Moscow office the evening of July 9. Before being taken to the hospital, Klebnikov told a witness that he did not know the man who shot him. Eyewitnesses said that a dark-colored car had been following Klebnikov, then approached to within 10 to 15 meters of him, when the driver opened his window and fired several shots. Klebnikov was hit by four bullets. Klebnikov died at city clinic No. 20 at 10:10 p.m. Russian Forbes' first issue, published in April, featured a list of the country's 100 richest people, which reportedly raised hackles among certain of the listed tycoons who did not want the publicity. Klebnikov is also author of the controversial book, "Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia." Klebnikov was planning to publish a list of Russia's 500 richest people, said his brother, Michael Klebnikov.
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Business magazine editor attacked in Russia
Associated Press Newswires, 29 July 2004
MOSCOW (AP) - An editor at a Russian business magazine was attacked in the entrance to her apartment building in Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday, citing the magazine's chief editor.
Natalya Romanova, who edits the finance section of the magazine Kompaniya, or Company, was beaten Wednesday by an assailant she did not recognize, Kompania chief editor Andrei Grigoryev told Interfax. She was in a hospital, and Grigoryev said her condition was moderately serious. Attacks on journalists are common in Russia, and the American editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, Paul Klebnikov , was shot to death on a Moscow street earlier this month. Grigoryev said that reporting on finance and banks had become increasingly delicate amid a recent banking crisis, but that ...
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Car Belonging to Missing City Journalist Recovered
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia), 30 July 2004, Vladimir Kovalev
A car belonging to missing St. Petersburg journalist Maxim Maximov was found parked outside Nakhodka, a store near the St. Petersburg Hotel, the Agency of Journalistic Investigations reports. Maximov's Ford Escort had been reported missing together with the reporter, who has not been seen since June 29. ... case of murder under the Criminal Code. Fifteen journalists have been killed in Russia since 2000, when President Vladimir Putin came to power, including U.S. citizen and Forbes magazine editor Paul Klebnikov , who was assassinated July 9. According to the International Committee to Protect Journalists, Russia is in the top 10 most dangerous countries for journalists to work in, a rating it ...
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BRIEFING WITH LEADERS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIA'S MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ( PART 2 - FINAL ) [RF MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 11:00, 30 JULY 2004]
Federal News Service (Russia), 30 July 2004
Ovchinnikov: ...We don't have permanent cooperation because these are different weight categories, but when it was necessary we contacted the embassies, and three days after the criminal case had been opened, the Malta police freed our Russian women and arrested the captors. And there are many examples like this.
There was a joint operation to stop trafficking in Armenian women. In this case Russia was used for the transit of young women from Armenia to the Middle East. ... there without any intention to do that. But then several people could mobilize the crowd and they did what they wanted.
Q: I have a question about the assassination of Paul Khlebnikov . Does this crime fall into the category of your crimes? And does it have some peculiarities or not?
Ovchinnikov: Our specialists are taking part in the investigation of this crime. ...
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Woman, 27, is latest victim of attacks on Russian journalists
The Independent, 31 July 2004, Andrew Osborn
NATALIA ROMANOVA, a well-respected financial journalist at the weekly Russian business magazine Company, had just walked into the stairwell of her apartment inn Moscow with her day"s shopping when an attacker struck. The man waiting for her said nothing, stole nothing and betrayed no emotion. Instead, he silently administered a savage beating to the 27-year-old reporter, repeatedly punching her in the face and head. He left her body crumpled on the floor, her face a bloodied mess. She is still in hospital today. ... beaten so viciously. Her attack, they suspect, is the latest in a long line of assaults, some of which end in death, on Russia"s beleaguered journalistic community. Earlier this month, Paul Klebnikov , the American-born editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, was murdered and the corpse of an Armenian journalist, Paul Peloyan, was found dumped on Moscow"s outer ring road.
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The press also needs to police itself Dangers of journalism
International Herald Tribune, 31 July 2004, Jeff Lovitt
BERLIN
When a journalist attempts to follow the trail of power, political and business interests are prone to make life very uncomfortable, often at the cost of life itself. It is still not clear who orchestrated the murder on July 9 of Paul Klebnikov , editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, but it is likely that powerful business interests had a hand in his death.
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