Twenty Journalists
Twenty. This is the number of journalists the London Independent says have been murdered since Putin became president of Russia. Now whether the Kremlin is directly behind these crimes is difficult to say. In fact I am apt to say that it is not. There are enough nefarious gangsters, businessmen, regional chinovniki, and current and former chekisty to do the deed without a sanction from above. However, I do agree with the idea that the Putin is still culpable because as the Independent says, he is “presiding over a country where it appears that the murder of journalists goes unpunished.” Adding,
Few of the killings are as overtly political as the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down last October at the entrance to her apartment block. In that case it seemed clear that her death was sanctioned by someone ..read more
