Paul Klebnikov

Paul Klebnikov
Born(1963-06-03)June 3, 1963
New York, USA
DiedJuly 9, 2004(2004-07-09) (aged 41)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materSt. Bernard's School, Phillips Exeter Academy (1981),
University of California, Berkeley, (BA)
London School of Economics (PhD)
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationForbes
Known for2004 murder
SpouseHelen "Musa" Train
ChildrenAlexander, Gregory, and Sophia

Paul Klebnikov (Russian: Павел Юрьевич Хлебников, romanized: Pavel Yurievich Khlebnikov; June 3, 1963  – July 9, 2004) was an American journalist and historian of Russia.[1] He worked for Forbes magazine for more than 10 years and at the time of his death was chief editor of the Russian edition of Forbes. His murder in Moscow in 2004 was seen as a blow against investigative journalism in Russia. Three Chechens accused of taking part in the murder were acquitted. Though the murder appeared to be the work of assassins for hire, as of 2022, the alleged organizers of the murder had yet to be identified.[2] According to another version, widely reported in Russian media, Klebnikov was killed by a close associate to the high-ranking member of Lazansky organized criminal gang [ru] linked both to the Russian FSS service and Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch.[3]

  1. ^ Chivers, C. J.; Kishkovsky, Sophia (July 10, 2004). "U.S. Investigative Journalist Is Shot to Death in Russia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Brown, Heidi (July 7, 2009). "Who Killed Paul Klebnikov?". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Журналистов П.Хлебникова и А.Сидорова убили члены лазанской ОПГ" [Journalist P. Khlebnikov and A. Sidorov were killed by members of Lazansky's organized crime gang]. РБК (in Russian). February 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2021.