Russia - Dagestan journalist's investigative work holds key to his murder

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn of the murder in Dagestan of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev (Ахмеднаби Ахмеднабиев), deputy editor of the weekly Novoe Delo. The 55-year-old journalist was shot several times in cold blood today by an unidentified killer near his home the Caucasus village of Semender. Investigators said they believed the most likely motive appeared to be the victim's work as a journalist. “The Russian Caucasus has lost a first-class journalist who tackled difficult subjects such as (...)

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