Russia - Famous Kommersant reporter brutally attacked outside his Moscow home

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is horrified and appalled by a brutal attack on leading journalist Oleg Kashin outside his Moscow home on the night of 5 November, in which he sustained fractures to the jaw, legs and fingers, and concussion. Kashin, who works for the Moscow-based daily Kommersant, underwent emergency surgery and was placed in an artificial coma. “By saying ‘the criminals must be found and punished,' President Medvedev seems to be taking the matter seriously,” Reporters Without (...)

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