Nikolai Andrushchenko

Year: 2017

Nationality: Russia

Killed by:

Location: St. Petersburg, Russia

Press organization: Novy Peterburg

What's Nikolai Andrushchenko's story?

Nikolai Andrushchenko, a veteran journalist known for his reporting on corruption and police brutality, died in a St. Petersburg hospital on April 19, 2017, of injuries sustained in a beating six weeks earlier. His murder was the first of a journalist in Russia since 2013, according to CPJ research.

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