Mikhail Beketov

Year: 2013

Nationality: Russia

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: Khimki, Russia

Press organization: Khimkinskaya Pravda

What's Mikhail Beketov's story?

Mikhail Beketov, 55, the former editor of the independent newspaper Khimkinskaya Pravda in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, died in a Moscow hospital from heart failure stemming from a choking episode during lunch, Elena Kostyuchenko, Beketov’s friend and a reporter for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, told CPJ by phone.

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