User:Crtew/Dmitry Popkov

Popkov held a seat on city council until 2012 when he was found guilty of beating a child.{{cite web|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/anti-corruption-journalist-murdered-in-russia-58082|title=Anti-Corruption Journalist Murdered in Russia|publisher=}} He co-founded Ton-M, a local news publication that reveals corruption incidents and critiqued the associates of the Kremlin United Russia party.http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/director-general-calls-russia-bring-killers-journalist-dmitry-popkov-justice. He was also editor of this publication https://www.afpc.org/publication_listings/viewBulletin/3551

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}}Popkov was found dead outside of his home in Minusinsk, Siberia on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.A committee from the Krasnoyarsk region investigated the crime.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/25/editor-shot-dead-in-russias-siberia.html|title=Russian editor shot and killed in Siberia, investigators say|date=25 May 2017|publisher=}} His body was found with gunshot wounds. The Russian Union of Journalists called for "thorough investigations of all crimes committed against journalists."{{cite web|url=https://literaryreview.co.uk/dmitry-popkov|title=Lucy Popescu - Dmitry Popkov|publisher=}}

“Media rights groups say journalists who fall afoul of national or local authorities in Russia run the risk of being attacked, and the perpetrators or those behind them are rarely brought to justice. At least 57 journalists have been killed in Russia since 1992, including 37 who were targeted for murder, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/2017/05/editor-shot-dead-in-russias-siberia.php|title=Editor shot dead in Russia's Siberia|website=cpj.org}} Reporters Without Borders ranks Russia 148th in the world for media freedom."{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-siberian-newspaper-shot-dead/28508335.html|title=Editor Of Siberian Newspaper Shot Dead|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}} Ton-M was under attack by officials trying to silence the incidents they’d reveal,{{cite web|url=http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/1/article/russia-editor-in-chief-of-minusinsk-local-newspaper-dmitry-popkov-shot-dead/|title=Russia: editor-in-chief of Minusinsk local newspaper Dmitry Popkov shot dead|website=www.ifj.org}} and was the target of police raids and phone threats.{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/russia-killing-of-journalist-must-not-go-unpunished/|title=Russia: killing of journalist must not go unpunished PEN International|website=www.pen-international.org}}

== Impact ==

Popkov was the second Russian journalist to be murdered in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/russian-journalist-killed-after-reporting-on-corruption-report/|title=Russian Journalist Killed After Reporting on Corruption (Report)|date=30 May 2017|publisher=}} Popkov’s newspaper coined the term “We write what other people keep quiet about” and was victim of governmental pressure.

Proceeding Popkov’s death, friends were interrogated about the crime. ...., the director general of Unesco, said, “I condemn the murder of Dmitry Popkov and urge the competent authorities to prosecute the perpetrators of his murder."{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopnest.com/user/RVAwonk/868656471130730496|title=Dmitry popkov, a russian journalist who reported on corruption and abuse of power, was just murdered.|publisher=scoopnest}} Lutz Kinkel, from ECPMF, says “The Russian government must not only thoroughly investigate these murders, it must take decisive action to protect journalists in the country.”{{cite web|url=https://ecpmf.eu/news/threats/russian-journalist-dmitry-popkov-shot-dead-in-siberia|title=Russian journalist Dmitry Popkov shot dead in Siberia|first=European Centre for Press and Media|last=Freedom|publisher=}} Unpunished crimes against journalists continue to be a concern for Russia.{{cite web|url=https://chelorg.com/2017/06/09/director-general-of-unesco-condemned-the-killing-of-the-chief-editor-of-the-newspaper-in-krasnoyarsk-region/|title=Director-General of UNESCO condemned the killing of the chief editor of the newspaper in Krasnoyarsk region – Russia news today|website=chelorg.com}}

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