Another dead Russian: Dmitry Popkov, a Russian journalist who reported on corruption and abuse of

[MelissaB]

Dmitry Popkov, a Russian journalist who reported on corruption and abuse of power, was just murdered.

Editor shot dead in Russia's Siberia

May 25, 2017 5:10 PM ET

New York, May 25, 2017--Russian authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the killing of Dmitry Popkov, chief editor of independent local newspaper Ton-M in Siberia, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Popkov's body was found with five bullet wounds in his backyard late last night in the city of Minusinsk in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian and international media reported. Popkov is the second journalist to be killed in Russia this year.

"We call on Russian authorities to conduct a thorough, unbiased, and effective investigation into the brutal slaying of Dmitry Popkov and bring those responsible to justice," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "Russia is a country where too many journalists have been murdered for their work while their killers walk free. This toxic cycle of impunity must be reversed once and for all."

Popkov, 42, who co-founded Ton-M in 2014, was known for his investigative reports on abuse of power and corruption, as well as his criticism of functionaries from the leading Kremlin-backed United Russia party. The newspaper, published under the motto, "We write what other people stay silent about," was well-known in Krasnoyarsk Krai and had been subject to threats and pressure from authorities. It has also been the target of politically motivated police raids, according to media reports. In an August 2016 editorial, Popkov wrote that Ton-M was "accustomed to being a pain in the neck for many officials who are trying to [silence us] in every possible way," through "phone threats, intimidating searches, and interrogations." He added that the authorities were concerned about the "corruption incidents that we reveal."

Sergei Shishov, editor of the Minusinsk-based independent news website Sreda24, said in an interview with the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda today that Popkov was killed for his journalism, particularly for his recent reports about a federal parliamentary audit that revealed corruption in the local administration.

More: https://cpj.org/2017/05/editor-shot-dead-in-russias-siberia.php

[MelissaB]

1. Follow the bodies and not just the money. That's the solemn lesson here.

Follow the bodies and not just the money. That's the solemn lesson here.

Link to tweet

[MFM008]

2. Another name with a line

Through it on Pootys list.

[Leghorn21]

3. Dmitry Popkov. Russian patriot and one courageous hero. RIP, good sir, and safe travels.

just - goddammit

[Squinch]

12. This. I think it's easy for us to say, "Jeez, there's another one!" but we should never forget

that these journalists KNOW that this is the risk and they go ahead anyway because they believe that the truth is worth their lives.

I don't know that I would have that kind of guts. They are heroes.

[MelissaB]

15. I agree. Thank you.

I'm not sure I'd have the guts, either. They ARE heroes.

[orangecrush]

4. Here, we just body slam journalists.

So far.

[HipChick]

5. For now...

[Lucinda]

6. ...

[Amaryllis]

7. Senator Wyden keeps saying follow the trail of dead Russians and money to unravel Trump Russia

[SunSeeker]

9. Former FBI special agent Clint Watts is who said "Follow the trail of dead Russians,"

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528072930/clint-watts-explains-what-he-means-by-follow-the-trail-of-dead-russians

[Amaryllis]

17. Thanks; I never heard that.

[iluvtennis]

8. SMDH....so sad this can happen.

[Crash2Parties]

10. Putin sends a message to American journalists upset about being shoved?

[58Sunliner]

11. Never forget that DT thinks this is acceptable. He is a sociopath.

That is one reason I think all these comparisons to Obama discredit Obama and normalize this sick man inadvertently. Why would one compare crazy to Obama? It is the one thing this sick fucker kept doing, tweeting on Obama to draw attention to himself. He is a succubus. If it had not been Obama I am sure he would done it to whoever was the sitting president.

[Achilleaze]

13. N.B.

meanwhile the republicans will not lift a finger to defend America against the Acts of War* being perpetrated against the USA by russia. A cowardly & disgusting betrayal of America by the republicans.

* per dick cheney

[WinkyDink]

14. Russians don't play. Our investigators AND investigated best be careful.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Evil

Pure evil.

[ck4829]

18. Kick