Journalist beaten up by ' Kommersant '

President Dmitry Medvedev instructed Prosecutor's Office and Interior Ministry to take under special control the investigation into the attack on the correspondent of the newspaper Kommersant Oleg Kashin. And in his microblog head of state said that the perpetrators of the attack must be found and punished. Last night the journalist was severely beaten at the entrance of his house in Moscow - now he is in intensive care in serious condition. Even a criminal case under article ... The investigation examines several versions, and one of the key - the professional activities of Kashin.

The noise and cries were heard from the street, remembers the janitor at the beginning of the first night. ' Jumped on the street. I see three figures are torn. He began to run up - they jumped out and fled, - says witness. - I came, and he himself crept in at the gate. There were flowers. I said: ' it's your flowers '? .

They were waiting for Oleg Kashin, as it will tell the witnesses, the two. It all happened in the yard, next - a lively and lit Pyatnitskaya. Neighbors of journalist still managed to see the attackers. ' They attacked in black jackets, hats - said Valentina Petrova, a neighbor Oleg Kashin. - They beat him, his feet were beaten. And then another one shouted: ... And now here they ran between the houses. And he was left lying. And he could not get up '.

In the 36th city hospital Oleg Kashin brought about in the morning. Initial inspection shocked even the doctors. The 30 -year-old journalist, two broken teeth, cut off both legs and phalanges. ' After he was beaten, he was conscious, he called. She came to ' emergency '. But the doctors told us that when he arrived, he lost consciousness from time to time and did not remember that happening ', - the friend of Oleg Kashin, a correspondent for the magazine '' '' Russian reporter Ilya Azar.

Doctors immediately sent a telegram to the police. The investigation team immediately went to the scene. However, an accurate picture of what happened at the investigators still do not. In particular, and because the victims to talk to a journalist is not yet possible. After a complicated surgery, doctors brought him into the artificial coma. However, it soon became obvious - we can not talk about the robbery: no phone, no money from Oleg Kashin not kidnapped. His wife, Eugenia Milov, also a journalist ' Kommersant ', agrees with his colleagues that bind attempt only to professional activities of Oleg. ' Judging by the fact that the broken upper and lower jaw, broken fingers and broken legs, others probably wanted to hint to him not to go, not published and do not say ...

In the ... The ridge of one of the most famous young journalist of the country - rallies, protests, ' Marches of Dissent ', youth politdvizheniya. The standoff over the construction of the route through the Khimki forest - it is also the subject of thorough investigations. Recently, however, told colleagues, Oleg worked on the theme of extremism in Russia.

'The last time he was investigating the activities of youth, extremist, informal, and various other organizations - said the chief editor of Kommersant, Mikhail Mikhailin. - Oleg stated his position is not tough, but true. Described the situation as it is. And the fact that there are some methods for solving problems with journalists - is, of course, terribly '.

Operational-search activities undertaken in the wake before dawn, to no avail. The criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Kommersant filed under ' attempted murder '. One of the key versions - the professional activities of Oleg Kashin. The Attorney General took the case under his personal control, and instructed the prosecutor to coordinate the investigation in Moscow.

... Already well established that the attackers were two. Investigators work out different versions, one of which is related, of course, to the professional activity of Oleg Kashin. At the moment, held investigative and operational activities aimed at establishing and search for the perpetrators of this crime '- official representative of Russia, Vladimir Markin, UPC.

For the investigation ordered by Interior Minister joined MUR best staff who specialize in tracing the perpetrators of serious crimes. State of Oleg Kashin, meanwhile, remains stable heavy. Wide consultation of doctor, who must decide what action to treat Oleg Kashin should be taken after the withdrawal of his artificial coma, is scheduled for Monday.










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