Date

23/03/1997  

First

Vladimir  

Surname

ALIYEV  

Sex/Age

M  

Incident

homicide  

Motive

nJ  

Place

near home  

Job

journalist  

Medium

radio  

Federal District Plus

North Caucasus  

Street, Town, Region

Prokhladnoe, Kabardino-Balkaria  

Freelance

no  

Local/National

local  

Other Ties

 

Cause of Death

murder, beaten  

Legal Qualification

No information  

Impunity

investigation, reopened  

Vladimir Aliyev, a well-known local radio correspondent, was attacked by unidentified assailants in the town of Prokhladnoye on his way home on the evening of 20 March 1997. He was found unconscious with a fractured skull. He died in the intensive care unit on 23 March.

Documents and money were taken from Aliyev, leading some to suggest this was an everyday robbery. His colleagues, however, did not exclude the possibility that the attack was an act of vengeance: recently Aliyev had received threats.

On 16 December 1997 the investigation was halted by the local prosecutor’s office on the basis of a forensic conclusion that the injuries could have arise from a fall on the road. After a letter from the Prosecutor General's office this decision was reversed and the case was reopened.