Newspaper Chief's Murder in Dagestan Adds to Toll of Russian Journalists

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By: Tom Parfitt | guardian.co.uk

The prominent founder of an independent newspaper in the volatile Dagestan republic has been shot dead, the latest in a series of killings of Russian journalists.

Khadzhimurad Kamalov, 46, was gunned down on the street in the capital Makhachkala on Thursday evening as he stepped out of his office after closing the latest edition of Chernovik (meaning Rough Draft).































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