[wideawake]

Prosecutors said he died after being severely beaten by unknown assailants. They said his death was not connected to his reporting work.

He's been dead less than a day, and already the police have informed the prosecutors that his job had nothing to do with it.

You'd think they'd wait a few days and pretend to investigate a bit in order to make the lie seem plausible.

[BenLurkin]

Maybe they are using a "house coroner" the way the CLintoons did.

[blu]

He's been dead less than a day, and already the police have informed the prosecutors that his job had nothing to do with it.

Yes, and they are also sure it wasn't terrorism. (Think there's too much cross training between the CIA and KGb?:) )

[null and void]

You'd think they'd wait a few days and pretend to investigate a bit in order to make the lie seem plausible.

Flight 800...

[SauronOfMordor]

He's been dead less than a day, and already the police have informed the prosecutors that his job had nothing to do with it.

From post 3:

The Moscow Prosecutor's Office said Ilya Zimin's killing was not related to his professional activities.

"At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that the crime was linked to Zimin's professional activity," the Prosecutor's Office press service said.

The second sentence does not support the first. Absence of evidence is just absence of evidence. The reporter just simply has no training in elementary logic