Vasyl Klymentyev | |
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Born | Vasyl Petrovych Klymentyev October 10, 1943 |
Disappeared | 11 August 2010 (aged 66) Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Status | Missing for 13 years, 8 months and 16 days |
Employer | Noviy Stil |
Vasyl Petrovych Klymentyev ( Ukrainian: Василь Петрович Климентьєв, Russian: Василий Петрович Климентьев 10 October 1943 - disappeared 11 August 2010) was a Ukrainian investigative journalist and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Noviy Stil based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. [2]
On 11 August 2010, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances [3] and is presumed dead. [4]
Klymentyev was known for his investigations of corruption in the Kharkiv area. [5] He disappeared when he set off from his home in the morning of 11 August 2010. [3]
On 15 August 2010, the police opened an investigation on the presumption that it was first degree murder. [6] On 17 August 2010, Klymentyev's mobile phone was found floating in the Pechenezskiy Reservoir. [6] Despite several investigations, his fate is still uncertain. [5] [7]
His disappearance has been compared [5] to that of Georgiy Gongadze, an internet journalist murdered in 2000 for investigating corruption. [4] Media watchdogs have seen it as one of many signs of a deterioration in press freedom since the election of President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2010. [8] [9]
Vasyl Klymentyev | |
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Born | Vasyl Petrovych Klymentyev October 10, 1943 |
Disappeared | 11 August 2010 (aged 66) Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Status | Missing for 13 years, 8 months and 16 days |
Employer | Noviy Stil |
Vasyl Petrovych Klymentyev ( Ukrainian: Василь Петрович Климентьєв, Russian: Василий Петрович Климентьев 10 October 1943 - disappeared 11 August 2010) was a Ukrainian investigative journalist and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Noviy Stil based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. [2]
On 11 August 2010, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances [3] and is presumed dead. [4]
Klymentyev was known for his investigations of corruption in the Kharkiv area. [5] He disappeared when he set off from his home in the morning of 11 August 2010. [3]
On 15 August 2010, the police opened an investigation on the presumption that it was first degree murder. [6] On 17 August 2010, Klymentyev's mobile phone was found floating in the Pechenezskiy Reservoir. [6] Despite several investigations, his fate is still uncertain. [5] [7]
His disappearance has been compared [5] to that of Georgiy Gongadze, an internet journalist murdered in 2000 for investigating corruption. [4] Media watchdogs have seen it as one of many signs of a deterioration in press freedom since the election of President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2010. [8] [9]