Dmitry Popkov

Year: 2017

Nationality: Russia

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: Minusinsk, Russia

Press organization: Ton-M

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Dmitry Popkov, chief editor of the independent local newspaper Ton-M in Siberia, was murdered on May 24, 2017. The journalist’s body was found with five bullet wounds in his backyard in the city of Minusinsk, in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian and international media reported.

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