Yuri Shchekochikhin
Year: 2003
Nationality: Russia
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Moscow, Russia
Press organization: Novaya Gazeta
What's Yuri Shchekochikhin's story?
Shchekochikhin, 53, then deputy editor of the independent Moscow twice-weekly Novaya Gazeta, died 12 days after being hospitalized in a Moscow clinic with what doctors said was an acute allergic reaction, according to CPJ interviews and multiple press reports.
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