Supporters of chief editor of "Mestnaya" newspaper, beaten in Sochi, claim the attack politically motivated

Svetlana Kravchenko
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:00:00 +0400

The public in Sochi is very concerned about the attack on Arkadi Lander, chief editor of the "Mestnaya" newspaper which took place on April 26. Some supporters of the victim, who do not trust the investigation, have involved private investigators, former militia officers, into the search for the crime organizers and executors. The Sochi communists' leader and part of Lander's colleagues claim his beating to be politically motivated.