Review article

Political murders of journalists in Russia

Nataša Ružić ; Odskej za novinarstvo Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta Crne Gore

Abstract

The murder in 2006 of well-known Russian journalist Ana Politkovska is the
motive for this article. The international organization Reporters Without Borders lists
Russia as one of the most dangerous countries for the journalism profession. Many
political analysts agree the murder of Politkovska has opened a new page in the history
of modern Russia: Russia has returned to the bloody 1990s.
According to data from the Russian Federation of Journalists, in the last 15
years, more than 250 journalists have been killed in Russia. However, the International
Herald Tribune reports this fi gure is too low and quotes data that 36 journalists, not 13,
were killed in 2003, and in 2006, nine were killed instead of the reported two.
The motives for the journalists’ murders differed. Some were killed because
they criticized government policy, some died because they fought against corruption,
and others wrote against racism. This article, however, focuses only on the deaths that
were political.

Keywords

Russia; political murderers of journalists

Hrčak ID:

41349

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/41349

Publication date:

1.3.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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