Georgy Gongadze
Year: 2000
Nationality: Ukraine
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Press organization: Ukrainska Pravda
What's Georgy Gongadze's story?
On September 16, 2000, Georgy Gongadze, editor of the news Web site Ukrainska Pravda, which often featured critical articles about President Leonid Kuchma and other Ukrainian government officials, disappeared in Kyiv. In late November, a massive political scandal erupted after an opposition leader released an audiotape that seemed to implicate Kuchma and two senior aides in Gongadze’s disappearance.
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