Apparently in Russia being a journalist and/or a human rights advocate results in being shot to death. The latest:
Natalya Estemirova, who had angered Chechen authorities with her reports of torture, abductions and killings, was found with two close-range gunshot wounds to the head in a wooded area in the province of Ingushetia, The Washington Post quoted police as saying.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev condemned Estemirova's killing and ordered investigators to "take all necessary measures" to solve the crime more quickly than the killings of other government critics, the Post reported Thursday."
Medvedev does not blink without Putin's permission. So who could possible be behind what appears to be a contract hit on Estemirova? Based on the pattern of murder and disappearances plaguing all of those who have had the misfortune of being critical of the Kremlin, I would say Putin. Don't confuse human rights violations in Chechnya with who runs Chechnya - the Kremlin.
One day I will tell the tale of why I stopped covering Litvinenko's murder.
