Posted on 06/30/2009 12:15:39 PM PDT by Califreak
A local corruption reporter in Russia died of head injuries on Monday in what police said Tuesday was a drunken fall. Colleagues, on the other hand, are sure it was a revenge attack for muckraking journalism.
Vyacheslav Yaroshenko, 63, the editor of a Rostov-on-Don newspaper whose name translates as Corruption and Crime died Monday of a severe head injury sustained April 30.
Police say Yaroshenko was drunk and hit his head on the stairs, but colleagues claim Yaroshenko was attacked.
"I have no doubt that the attack was directly connected to Yaroshenko's writing and is payback for his journalistic work," said Sergei Slepzov, a close friend and colleague of Yaroshenko.
(Excerpt) Read more at southernledger.com ...
There’s a lot of that going around these days.....................
I don’t think even a William Holden drinking helmet would have saved this guy.
ACORN doesn’t have to take notes. Our MSM doesn’t investigate corruption done by liberals...
Wow he pissed on the wrong shoe there.
Moscow. Right Reverend Mehl. Redux.
I bet he slipped on a bar of soap...
Any relation to Konstantin Yaroshenko?
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