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The Moscow Times, July 18
Beaten Reporter Dies From Injuries
By Ana Uzelac
A journalist working for Novaya Gazeta died Sunday of injuries he suffered
when he was beaten on his staircase in May in what his colleagues believe
might have been a case of mistaken identity.
Igor Domnikov, 41, who covered culture and social issues, was beaten
May 12 when he was coming home from work. Attackers hit him several times on
the head with a hammer and left him bleeding on the staircase in the
entranceway of his apartment building in southeastern Moscow.
Domnikov died in Burdenko neuro-surgical hospital without ever regaining
consciousness, his colleagues said.
Fellow journalists at the twice-weekly newspaper, which is known for
its investigative probes and expos�s, believe the real target of the
attack might have been Oleg Sultanov, a fellow reporter. Sultanov worked
to expose corruption in the oil industry and claimed to have received
threats before. Both men lived in the same building, they resembled each
other and even dressed similarly.
So far this version "has not been ruled out," said Novaya Gazeta editor
Sergei Sokolov. He declined to share the details of the murder inquiry.
"The police are working on a few possible versions at the moment and so
far they have established with certainty the reason why Domnikov was
attacked was indeed his professional activity," Sokolov said, adding
it might not have been Domnikov's professional activity but that of the paper.
A portrait of Domnikov draped in black crepe was hanging in Novaya
Gazeta's offices Monday. Sultanov, the editor said, was unavailable to
comment due to his "great emotional distress." We all believe "it was all
a tragic mistake," Sokolov said.
The editor said the paper has agreed with the police not to comment on
the investigation before it is finished. The police in charge of the
investigation declined to comment Monday. The files have been sent to
the local Lyublinskaya prosecutor's office, where a duty officer said
the person handling the case was out of town.
Oleg Panfilov, director of the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations,
was more pessimistic.
"I'm afraid Domnikov's might become another in a long line of unsolved
journalist murder cases," he said.
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