Russian Reporter Dies In 5-Story Fall

AP ^ | March 5, 2007

[jmc1969]

A military correspondent for Russia's top business daily has died after falling out of a window, and some media alleged Monday that he might have been killed for his critical reporting.

Ivan Safronov, the military affairs writer for Kommersant, died Friday after falling from a fifth-story window in the stairwell of his apartment building in Moscow, officials said. His body was found by neighbors shortly after the fall.

With prosecutors investigating the death, Kommersant and some other media suggested foul play.

[RonF]

An autopsy has revealed that the reporter was not injured by the fall. However, the sudden stop at the end proved to be fatal.

[hosepipe]

Putinicide?... Worked very well for Bill and Hitlery Clinton..
Ask Vince Foster.. and a large list of others..
AND will work again after 2008 too..

[Enchante]

Poor guy, probably one of the last honest men in Russia..... look what happens when you have an "interview" with the ex-KGB thugs.........

[Suzy Quzy]

Are there no LANDINGS on staircases in Russia? geesh...you can NOT fall f loors in a stairwell UNLESS you are THROWN over....can you?

[litehaus]

Wanna see that one!

[null and void]

Not very.

[DBrow]

There are people other than Putin who may be interested in this sort of activity.

Suppose one nation wanted the US to break ties with Russia?

Suppose an entity had been involved with a Russian smuggling group?

Suppose someone whose motives we don't trust is running an op to make Russia look bad? Chavez, Castro, Kim il Jong, Steve Harper (just kidding)?

[null and void]

It would be an interesting experiment to lock Putin and BillyJeff in a room and see which one came out.

My money's on Putin.

OTOH, it would be a more even match with Hillary!™

[WV Mountain Mama]

LOL!

[Cicero]

You're probably right. In any case, whichever came out, the world would still be one to the good.

[unkus]

Mrs. Bill Clinton would make Putin jealous. Mrs. Bill Clinton is dangerous. Mrs. Bill Clinton is a Marxist. Mrs Bill Clinton needs Mr. Bill Clinton. According to Rush.

[null and void]

Yeah. Maybe we could do multiple elimination rounds. Lil' Kim Vs I'm-a-nut-job...

[MHGinTN]

Getting positively regular don'tchaknow. KGB is alive and deadly.

[ravingnutter]

Putin's really been busy:

Kremlin critic shot in front of his Maryland home

Just posted.

[Braak]

Putin basically is starting to resemble Al Capone, how long before we see a Russian version of the St. Valentines Day massacre?

[expatpat]

"Defenestration" is an old method of political murder/assassination in Eastern Europe and Russia. At least two leaders of Czechoslovakia were eliminated that way when the Iron Curtain descended.

[Kaylee Frye]

Wow, it is getting really scary over there....

[expatpat]

Perhaps it was the KGB who "nobbled" John John Kennedy so that Mrs. Bill Clinton could become Senator........

[Dr. Frank fan]

There are people other than Putin who may be interested in this sort of activity. Suppose one nation wanted the US to break ties with Russia? Suppose an entity had been involved with a Russian smuggling group? Suppose someone whose motives we don't trust is running an op to make Russia look bad? Chavez, Castro, Kim il Jong, Steve Harper (just kidding)?

Such theories make perfect sense, provided one ignores Occam's Razor.

[My Favorite Headache]

But I could see his soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!