Antonio Russo
Antonio Russo was an Italian journalist who was murdered while covering the Second Chechen War.
As a foreign correspondent for Radio Radicale, Russo had previously covered conflicts in Algeria, Burundi, Rwanda, Colombia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Russians denied him entry to Chechnya.
He went to Georgia to cover crimes against civilians in Chechnya.[1][2]
His body was found at the edge of a narrow road, 25 km from Tbilisi, Georgia. His apartment had been searched and looted; Russo's laptop computer, mobile telephone, video camera, and three videotapes were missing.[3]
Russo was reportedly also going to interview Vera Putina, a woman who had identified Vladimir Putin as her lost son and had provided photographs of young Putin.[4][5]
References
- ^ Antonio Russo. The Committee to Protect Journalists
- ^ Antonio Russo. The Journalist Memorial.
- ^ Antonio Russo - The Committee to Protect Journalists
- ^ Could this woman be Vladimir Putin's real mother?. The Telegraph. 2008-12-05
- ^ Vera Putina (archived). Anticompromat.org
See also
External links
- Antonio Russo - The Committee to Protect Journalists
- Full video and transcription of last public speech of Antonio Russo