Posted on 08/16/2005 8:35:05 AM PDT by sergey1973
As an American journalist working in Moscow, Paul Klebnikov, accumulated a lengthy list of enemies, ranging from Chechen mobsters to billionaire bandits. Those responsible for his murder last year may not have realized just how many allies Klebnikov also had.
A team of top-flight investigative reporters from America and Russia has committed itself to untangling the case of Klebnikov, the 41-year-old editor of Forbes Russia who was gunned down at the peak of his career while walking home from his offices in northeastern Moscow on the evening of July 9.
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PING !
Now a huge team of American and Russian investigative reporters will do their own investigation which hopefully will shed more light on the circumstances surrounding Klebnikov murder.==
AFIK it already solved. Perpetrators are arrested. 2 chechen hitmen. The orderer was that guy whose was decribed in Paul's book "The interview with savage".
"AFIK it already solved. Perpetrators are arrested. 2 chechen hitmen. The orderer was that guy whose was decribed in Paul's book "The interview with savage".
OK--hitmen are arrested. However, who ordered to kill Paul, who paid for that ? Again, I as many others don't trust Russian Prosecutor office to solve any high profile murder.
I think there are many missing links in the Russian Prosecutor case. That's why the team of Russian and American journalists are on the case.
I see no problem that someone does the investigation themselves unless he breaks the law.
I think there are many missing links in the Russian Prosecutor case. That's why the team of Russian and American journalists are on the case. ==
Sereg do you have experience as the investigator? Did you investigate any case in your life?
If not (mee too) then how come you "think" there are the "missing links" or something?
I personally don't "think" hence I'm not specialist in it.
All I know is that a number of high-profile cases (Starovoitova, Yushenkov) never nabbed the ones who ordered the murder. Also I know that if hundreds of investigative journalists from Russia and US find it necessary to investigate the murder of their colleague, then they have a perfectly valid reason to do so.
Yes, I agree. Let the team do their work and see what they come up with. I don't trust Russian Prosecutor's office knowing its total dependence on Kremlin and its history of pretending to solve high-profile murders when they did not.
As Benjamin Franklin put it: "doing good by doing well".
"IMHO this will serve two purposes - maybe the team will dig something out, something that clerotic breaucrats can't or won't dig out. Secondly this is show of cooperation from both sides."
Or maybe it's both--either way let's wish them the best of luck in shedding more light on circumstances surrounding Paul Klebnikov's death.
All I know is that a number of high-profile cases (Starovoitova, Yushenkov) never nabbed the ones who ordered the murder.==
Serge you are wrong again:). Both cases are solved already.
Staravoitova was killed because she carried $1.5 millions on her. It was donations which she brought from Moscow on her election campaign. She was ordered by her party comrade who knew about cash and decided to grab those cash to himself.
The perpetrators recently was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Yuschenkov was killed by his party comrade too. Since they went into dispute over donation money which they got form well-known figure: Berezovskii.
The trial on perpetrators will be soon.
So it was as always money big money.
RusIvan--it's you who solved this cases I presume -:))))
But I have my reasons to doubt the official version of the story.
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