Vladimir Zhitarenko

Year: 1995

Nationality: Russia

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Grozny, Russia

Press organization: Krasnaya Zvezda

What's Vladimir Zhitarenko's story?

On December 31, 1994, Zhitarenko, a correspondent for the Russian armed forces daily Krasnaya Zvezda, was hit by two bullets as he stepped out of an armored personnel carrier on a front line near the Chechen capital of Grozny. He died the next day.

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