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DeSwiss

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Thu Apr 11, 2013, 03:29 PM Apr 2013

Russia buries beaten journalist



AlJazeeraEnglish·Published on Apr 11, 2013

The funeral has taken place of a Russian journalist who died five years after a brutal attack during which he suffered brain damage.Mikhail Beketov was among the first to raise alarm about the destruction of Khimki forest during a highway construction project. He had suspicions that local officials were profiting from the project.Beketov died on Monday in hospital. His attackers were never identified.Al Jazeera's David Chater reports from Moscow.
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Russia buries beaten journalist (Original Post) DeSwiss Apr 2013 OP
Thank you for posting that. +1 nt Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #1
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