Shockingly, Politkovskayas murder was not an isolated incident, but rather, a disturbing addition to an ongoing purging of journalists critical of the Putin and Medvedev administrations. The most recent in the purge was Magomed Yevloyev, owner of ingushetiay.ru, a website critical of Ingushetiya President and close friend to Putin, Murat Zyazikov. Immediately upon arriving in Ingushetiyas capital city of Magas, Yevloyev was forced into a police car and hours later dumped on the side of the road with... read more
