JOURNALISTS IN RUSSIA, 1993 TO 2009
Deaths and Disappearances
About
This database includes all the violent, premature or unexplained deaths of journalists in Russia as recorded by the country's own media monitors since 1993. It also includes journalists and media staff who have disappeared over the same period.
A report entitled Partial Justice: An investigation into the deaths of journalists in Russia, 1993-2009 (June 2009) has been published by the International Federation of Journalists. It draws on this database and the other information gathered in Moscow over the past sixteen years by the Glasnost Defence Foundation and the Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations. It is easier to use this database, and to follow the report, if the two sources are consulted together. For example, the Jobs or activities of those included in the Search Criteria have been classified as one of the following: journalist, chief editor, director, media worker (plus photographer and cameraman). When you search for information under Impunity, enter terms such as investigation, trial, conviction, acquittal, and amnesty.
The key entry Motive offers an assessment as to whether a particular death was certainly, possibly or probably not linked to the investigations and publications of the journalist in question. If the link is certain this is indicated as J. If it was not linked, this is indicated as nJ. In cases where there is a possibility of a link, but the death has not been officially investigated or that investigation leaves doubts as to the motive, then the death is indicated as ?J
Search Criteria
Instructions for conducting searches
Select the criteria from drop-down lists or enter part of the text to search for and click Search. You can choose a number of criteria [see above] and they will be combined to tell you, for example, which journalists [Job] have been murdered [Incident] in Moscow [Federal District plus] See below the Search Results for a fuller account of certain rubrics.
When you wish to return to the full list, press Search again.
Click on the column heading Date and the sequence of years is reversed from the latest to the earliest.
Search Results
Page 9 of 17, showing 20 records out of 323 total, starting on record 161, ending on 180
| Date | First | Surname | Incident | Place | Motive | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/12/2001 | Boris | Mityurev | homicide | town | nJ | View |
| 21/11/2001 | Alexander | Babaikin | homicide | town centre | nJ | View |
| 16/11/2001 | Oleg | Vedenin | homicide | night club | nJ | View |
| 11/11/2001 | Yevgeny | Smelyansky | missing | town | ?J | View |
| 05/11/2001 | Elina | Voronova | homicide | near home | nJ | View |
| 24/10/2001 | Alan | Kalayev | accident | road | nJ | View |
| 19/09/2001 | Eduard | MARKEVICH | homicide | in courtyard | J | View |
| 11/09/2001 | Andrei | Sheiko | homicide | flat | nJ | View |
| 18/07/2001 | Dmitry | Yermakov | accident | town | nJ | View |
| 02/06/2001 | Lydia | Gemma | accident | helicopter | J | View |
| 02/06/2001 | Vladimir | Pivovarov | accident | helicopter | J | View |
| 02/06/2001 | Larisa | Maklakova | accident | helicopter | J | View |
| 02/06/2001 | Victor | POPKOV | crossfire | (car) | J | View |
| 02/06/2001 | Yury | Apollonov | accident | helicopter | J | View |
| 17/05/2001 | Vladimir | KIRSANOV | homicide | town | J | View |
| 13/04/2001 | Sergei | Korabelnikov | missing | town | nJ | View |
| 31/03/2001 | Oleg | Dolgantsev | homicide | flat | nJ | View |
| 08/03/2001 | Andrei | Pivovarov | homicide | road | nJ | View |
| 24/02/2001 | Leonid | Grigoryev | homicide | flat | nJ | View |
| 01/02/2001 | Eduard | Burmagin | homicide | road | nJ | View |
Structure of the database
Each record contains a summary of personal detail and a narrative account of the journalist's work and death. Three entries are particularly important:
- Incident — defines the main categories of death, e.g. accident, crossfire, homicide, terrorist act.
- Federal District plus — offers a broad guide to the location where the journalist died.
- Impunity — indicates how far Russia's law enforcement agencies and judicial system have succeeded in identifying and prosecuting those responsible for these deaths.
Vivos voco, mortuos plango, fulgura frango
