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The Murder of Larissa Yudina. Chronicle of Events.
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Murder
of journalist Larissa Yudina in Kalmykia: four years
later…
Press Release, June 7, 2002
June 7 is a tragic date in the history of
Russian journalism. Four years ago on this day Larissa
Yudina, Editor-in-Chief of the "Soviet Kalmykia
Today" newspaper, member of the Kalmyk regional
branch of YABLOKO, was brutally murdered in Elista.
She died from at the hands of murderers, while performing
her journalist duty fighting corruption in the republic.
Action
in memory of Larissa Yudina
Moscow, entrance to the Federation Council.
Photos by Olga Shweitzer.
June 7, 2002.
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On Monday October 22, 2001,
a ceremony of granting awards to the winners and laureates
of the All-Russia Contest of Regional Journalists
"Against All Odds" took place in Moscow
Press release, October 22, 2001
Grigory Yavlinsky requests
President’s assistance in punishing the people behind
the contract killing of Larissa Yudina
Press Release 12.09.2000
Yabloko thinks that granting
Larissa Yudina the Order of Courage should not mean
that the criminal investigation of her murder is stopped
Press Release 11.09.2000
President of Russia grants
Order of Courage (post-mortem) to journalist Larissa
Yudina
Press Release 11.09.2000 |
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Deadly
costs of journalism
By Seamus Martin, Baltimore Sun, December 15, 2003
While conspiracy theories abound in Russia, it is not difficult to
understand the suspicions about Shchekochikhin's death. Strange things
have
happened to journalists from Novaya Gazeta and members and supporters
of
Yabloko.
Courageous
Pen
Transcript by Nadezhda Prusenkova, Novaya Gazeta, October 13, 2003
The more principles a person has in life, the more obstacles and
problems there are in his life and the more strength he needs not
to break down.
Investigation
of the Murder of Larissa Yudina Should Continue
Statement, June 6, 2003
The contract killers and organizers of organised
the murder are still free. At the same time the investigation organised
by YABLOKO and conducted by highly qualified lawyers demonstrated
that the facts and witnesses' evidences are more than enough to
achieve their conviction.
Kirsan
Iloumjinov
Reporters Without Borders, September 2001 (archive)
Those who ordered the June 1998 kidnapping and murder
of journalist Larissa Yudina, editor the opposition
newspaper Sovietskaya Kalmykia Sevodnia, are still
free.
Larissa
Yudina,
INTERNATIONAL PEN, WOMEN'S DAY- MARCH 8, 2003 Impunity
and Freedom of Expression. Join
the campaign!
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Paper
Survives Threats, Murder, Success
 The
Moscow Times, By Natalia Yefimova, November 14, 2002
ELISTA, Kalmykia -- For a tiny opposition newspaper
in an autocratic republic, Sovietskaya Kalmykia Segodnya
has survived a great deal: a shutout by local printers
and distributors, threats, arson and, most harrowing
of all, the brutal murder in 1998 of editor Larisa
Yudina.
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A Tale of 2 Liberal Parties
and 2 Contests
By Andrei Zolotov Jr.,
The Moscow Times, October 25, 2001,
page 1
Larisa Yudina
By Susan Vollmer,
http://www.fallenmartyrs.com/russia.htm
In a country that's suppose to be undergoing democratic
reforms, Russia is missing out on one of the most
important freedoms—freedom of the press...
The Kirsan saga
Why the
Kremlin can't do anything about President Iliumzhinov
of Kalmykia
By Inessa Slavutinskaya, Profil, No. 25, July 2,
2001, pp. 12-15
The Auditing Chamber Chairman Sergei Stepashin suffered
a crushing defeat on June 22. The team of auditors
he had sent to Kalmykia (in part, with the goal of
proving misuse of state funds by President Kirsan
Iliumzhinov) did find some infractions - but these
were so small that they can be handled within standard
procedures. This means that the expected major criminal
charges in Kalmykia are unlikely to materialize.
IN BRIEF: Slain Reporter Honored
www.TheMoscowTimes.com.
Tuesday, September
12, 2000
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir
Putin decorated a slain journalist with the order
of courage Monday for her brave conduct in the line
of duty, Interfax reported.
The Yudina Case
Her
Killers have been Convicted, but Questions Remain.
Georgy HARRISOV
December 6, 1999
The Supreme Court of
Kalmykia sentenced the killers of editor-in-chief
of the newspaper Sovetskaya Kalmykiya segodnya (Soviet
Kalmykia Today) Larisa Yudina on November 29 in Elista.
Killing the Messenger
The
last interview with a murdered publisher
Columbia Journalism Review,
by Eve Conant,
September/October 1998
Russia: Journalist's Murder
Bring Allegations Of Political Motives
Radio Liberty
By Floriana Fossato
June 10, 1998
Moscow, 10 June 1998
(RFE/RL) -- Larisa Yudina, an opposition journalist
and political activist, was murdered last weekend
in Russia's southern autonomous republic of Kalmykia.
No killer has been found, but Moscow media, some politicians
and human rights organizations allege that the murder
might have been politically motivated.
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