Russian politician orders assassination of journalist, no russian court touches him

[DetlefK]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/18/journalist-oleg-kashin-knows-who-tried-to-kill-him/

On Nov. 6, 2010, two men beat a prominent Russian journalist, Oleg Kashin, within an inch of his life. He was hit 56 times in the head, arms and legs with a steel pipe, left hospitalized in an induced coma with a fractured skull, and had one finger partially amputated. He survived and eventually recovered.

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In early September, Kashin suddenly named everyone connected with his attack in an online article [in Russian] and said the case was solved. Now comes the part that he calls "politics": compelling the government to prosecute the people he says ordered the attack, including a sitting regional governor, Andrei Turchak.

Kashin's accusations are largely based on court documents, including depositions from several men who said they were paid more than $100,000 to commit the crime, and have been formally accused in court.

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According to statements given by the attackers, Turchak met with Alexander Gorbunov (a political ally and businessman) and some of his firm's security guards (the accused attackers).

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De facto the case is solved, the names of the attackers and those who likely ordered it have been made public. De jure, the people accused directly of attacking me are only under a travel ban. Gorbunov is just a witness in the case, he is not one of the accused. And Turchak is not being touched at all.

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It comes with a dose of irony, because in the two weeks since I made the names public, they (the Investigative Commitee) have not made any official public statement and they are trying to cover up information about the case's progress.

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The release of Gorbunov and absence of Turchak among the accused are a kind of mandate for impunity. They have been shown that they can act with impunity. Nemtsov was killed in February right near the Kremlin. So these kinds of things can happen again. Nemtsov is more famous than I am and they killed him too. Successfully.



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[pampango]

1. Human Rights in Russia: Person of the Week: Oleg Kashin

On 7 September 2015, journalist Oleg Kashin released the names of three men charged with severely beating him in a 2010 attack in which he nearly died. RFE/RL reported that Oleg Kashin expressed fears for his safety in connection with the influential figures he believes ordered the attack. The three men named were Danila Vesyolov, Vyacheslav Borisov, and Mikhail Kavtaskin, all security guards at a St. Petersburg factory. Oleg Kashin told RFE/RL he neither knew the men personally nor had any problems with them. Oleg Kashin also alleged that Aleksandr Gorbunov, director of the holding company that owns the factory and the boss of the three men, had hired the security guards to attack him. Aleksandr Gorbunov was at that time in pre-trial detention on unrelated charges concerning illegal possession of firearms. On 11 September Aleksandr Gorbunov was released from pretrial detention.

http://www.rightsinrussia.info/person-of-the-week/olegkashin