Paul Klebnikov

Year: 2004

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Killed by: Criminal Group

Location: Moscow, Russia

Press organization: Forbes Russia

What's Paul Klebnikov's story?

Klebnikov, editor of Forbes Russia and an investigative reporter,was gunned down as he left his Moscow office at about 10 p.m. Authoritiesin Moscow described the case as a contract murder and said that hemay have been killed because of his work. Klebnikov, 41, a U.S. journalistof Russian descent, was shot at least nine times from a passing car. Klebnikov was the 11th journalist in Russia to be killed in a contract-stylemurder in the four years after President Vladimir Putin came to power,according to CPJ research. No one had been brought to justice in anyof the cases.

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