Vasyl Klymentyev
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Vasyl Petrovich Klymentyev was a Ukrainian
investigative journalist and was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novy Stil based in Kharkiv
. He went missing in August 2010 and is presumed dead.
Klymentyev was known for his investigations of corruption in the Kharkiv area. He disappeared on 11 August 2010. On 15 August 2010 the police opened an investigation on the presumption that it was first degree murder. As of November 2011 this investigation was continuing.
His disappearance has been compared to that of Georgiy Gongadze, an internet journalist murdered in 2000 for investigating corruption. 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.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
investigative journalist and was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novy Stil based in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
. He went missing in August 2010 and is presumed dead.
Klymentyev was known for his investigations of corruption in the Kharkiv area. He disappeared on 11 August 2010. On 15 August 2010 the police opened an investigation on the presumption that it was first degree murder. As of November 2011 this investigation was continuing.
His disappearance has been compared to that of Georgiy Gongadze, an internet journalist murdered in 2000 for investigating corruption. Media watchdogs have seen it as one of many signs of a deterioration in press freedom
Freedom of the press in Ukraine
Although press freedom in Ukraine has never been rated higher that "partly free" by Freedom House it is still considered to be among the freest of all post-Soviet states and has significantly improved since the Orange Revolution of 2004...
since the election
Ukrainian presidential election, 2010
The Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 is Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The first round was held on January 17, 2010...
of President Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002...
in February 2010.
See also
- Freedom of the press in UkraineFreedom of the press in UkraineAlthough press freedom in Ukraine has never been rated higher that "partly free" by Freedom House it is still considered to be among the freest of all post-Soviet states and has significantly improved since the Orange Revolution of 2004...
- Georgiy Gongadze, journalist who disappeared in 2000