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...called an acquaintance. We both respected Ruslan and were saddened by his death, but we also confessed to each other that we did not feel shock. Political murder has become such a standard part of life here that nobody is surprised anymore. Five years ago, my friend Yuri Shchekochikhin, a journalist and a member of the Duma "mysteriously" died (most likely poisoned). He ran afoul of politicians and business interests alike and received death threats constantly. Officially, prosecutors said he died of an allergy, but his family was never able to perform an independent analysis of his remains. His case...
These are, in Russian terms, declarations of war, and Novaya Gazeta has the casualties to show for it. In 2000, reporter Igor Domnikov was beaten to death; in 2003, deputy editor Yuri Shchekochikhin was fatally poisoned; and in 2006, reporter Anna Politkovskaya, famous for her coverage of the second Chechen war, was shot to death...
...Chechen Rebellion Yuri Zarakhovich's article on Chechen suicide bombings in Russia presented a one-sided picture of the Chechen rebellion [July 21]. Although journalist and politician Yuri Shchekochikhin, who died suddenly last month, predicted a wave of suicide bombings?saying "We have entered a new stage. It's Palestine"?he was wrong to identify that conflict with the Chechen rebellion. The Palestinians are fighting to reclaim their homeland. The Chechens call their struggle a "war of liberation." They say Chechnya never voluntarily joined Russia and was conquered only by military force. For its part, the Russian government calls...
...Yuri Shchekochikhin could foretell the future. In May, as a wave of suicide attacks in Chechnya killed 77 people and wounded over 300 others, he made a prediction. "We have entered a new stage. It's Palestine," he told TIME. "Now suicide bombers will start hitting Russia." His grim prophecy came true on July 5, when two female Chechen suicide bombers killed 14 and injured over 60 by detonating explosive belts at a Moscow rock festival. But "Shchekoch," as he is nicknamed, wasn't around to see the attack. The crusading journalist and politician had died under mysterious circumstances...
...early 1990s, during which time he had made a name for himself among Russia's business and political élite. Jordan made NTV behave for a while, and the sale of 49% of the company to Evrofinans bank put the network on a firmer financial footing. Still, says Yuri Shchekochikhin, deputy chair of the State Duma's Security Committee, "Putin realized that under Jordan, NTV oriented itself to the Union of Right Forces (URF)," the President's likely opponents in next year's elections. According to Shchekochikhin, Putin feared that an unrestrained NTV could hurt his chances, especially after...