Chechen Is Charged in Slaying of Forbes Editor
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From Times Wire Reports
Prosecutors charged an ethnic Chechen with murder in last year’s slaying of an American journalist, Russian media reported.
Muslim Ibragimov, also known as Kazbek Dukuzov, was accused of involvement in the contract slaying of Paul Klebnikov, 41, editor of Forbes magazine’s Russian edition, the Interfax and Itar-Tass news agencies reported, citing the prosecutor general’s office.
Klebnikov was gunned down July 9 outside his office.
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