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Special correspondent for Kommersant Oleg Kashin suggests that they make a movie about it.
FORBES: Oleg Kashin's Dismissive Take on the Russian Delegation's Visit to Washington
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On my last night in Moscow I met Oleg Kashin, a reporter for the newspaper Kommersant.
FORBES: When Will Russia Stop Destroying Its Journalists?
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Few journalists in Russia believe Mr Kashin's case will be any different.
ECONOMIST: Media freedom in Russia
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Both Mr Beketov and Mr Kashin are lucky to be alive.
ECONOMIST: Media freedom in Russia
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Over the weekend, Kashin underwent a second round of surgery.
FORBES: Update: Russian Forbes Writer Recovering After Savage Assault
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On Saturday, I wrote about a brutal attack on Oleg Kashin, a Russian journalist who was jumped outside his Moscow home and severely beaten by two unidentified assailants.
FORBES: Update: Russian Forbes Writer Recovering After Savage Assault
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Mr Kashin, 30, had written many articles and blogs on sensitive issues and had been an outspoken critic of the government at all levels, exposing corruption and abuse of power.
BBC: Russian journalists demand action over assaults
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Yet the assault on Mr Kashin has caused more stir than many others, even though (unlike Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in 2006) he did not write about Chechnya or conduct sensitive investigations.
ECONOMIST: Media freedom in Russia
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Mikhail Fedotov, an adviser to President Medvedev on human rights issues, told a news conference this week that the men who assaulted Oleg Kashin "were clearly not hooligans, it was a contract attack".
BBC: Russian journalists demand action over assaults