Yuri Petrovich Shchekochikhin

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Yuri Petrovič Shchkochichin ( Russian Юрий Петрович Щекочихин , scientific transliteration Jurij Petrovič Ščekočichin ; born June 9, 1950 in Kirovabad , Azerbaijani SSR , today Gäncä, Azerbaijanist and Duma-member of the Moscow parliament ; † July 3, 2003 was a Russian journalist in Moscow and Duma-member of the People's Rights ) . Shchekochikhin, one of the journalistic spokesmen for the opposition, became known for his criticism of the Second Chechen War and his fight against corruption and organized crime . He died under unknown circumstances.

Life

He graduated from the journalism faculty of Moscow University in 1975 .

Journalistic career

From 1967 to 1970 he worked for the daily newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolez - first as a volunteer, then as a correspondent. From 1971 to 1980 he was a special correspondent for the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda . From 1980 he worked for the weekly newspaper Literaturnaja Gazeta .

In June 1992 he published the article Страх (English: fear), in which he dealt with corruption in the Moscow mayor's office. In 1995 he was short-term author and editor of the journalistic investigation program at ORT . This was discontinued in October 1995 because, according to the official explanation, it "destabilized the situation in the country". Since January 1997 he has been deputy editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta , where he most recently headed the research department.

Political career

Shchekochikhin's political career began in 1990 when he was elected to the People's Deputies Congress , the Parliament of the Soviet Union . He was a member of the reform faction "Interregional Group" and from 1990 to 1992 a member of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet for Combating Crime and Combating Privileges.

In the election on December 17, 1997, he was elected to the list of the reform party Yabloko as a member of the Russian Duma; from February 1996 he was a member of the State Security Committee for the second parliamentary term. At the time of the First Chechen War , in the spring of 1996 he took part in an action aimed at the release of Russian soldiers who were held captive by Chechen rebels. From April 1997 he was a member of the parliamentary committee to review the corruption of offices and officials in Russia. On December 19, he was elected a member of the Duma for the third legislative term. He was considered an expert on corruption and organized crime.

death

Shchekochikhin died under unexplained circumstances. From June 16, he felt distinctly unwell, but nevertheless went on a business trip to Ryazan, the site of a bomb attack that was prevented in 1999 . On June 21, he was admitted to the Moscow Central Hospital in a life-threatening condition. He died on the night of July 3rd. The official cause of death was a severe allergic reaction called Lyell's syndrome .

Political friends of the deceased questioned this representation. They pointed out that the deceased did not suffer from allergies and that it was never clarified what caused the alleged allergic shock. However, their attempts to investigate the circumstances of death more closely were obstructed by the authorities; numerous questions could not be answered. The result of the autopsy was not even communicated to the relatives. In the media there is talk of possible poisoning. Not only foreign, but also Russian media are discussing this possibility, the long-time editor-in-chief Dmitri Muratov of Novaya Gazeta is convinced of it. The opposition Internet newspaper grani.ru classifies the case as one of the major political murders in Russia. In 2018, the Novaya Gazeta listed the open questions, including the whereabouts of the last blood samples.

Memberships

From 1988 a leading member of the Memorial Society , which is dedicated to investigating Stalinist and communist crimes; from 1993 President of the International Foundation for the Promotion of Young Artistic Intelligence.

Quote

  • To speak or not to speak is sometimes more important than to be or not to be.

Honors

  • Medal The Defenders of Free Russia
  • Medal for the 850th anniversary of the city of Moscow

Works

  • The slaves of the State Security. 20th century. The Religion of Treason Moscow, SAO FID Delowoi Ekspress, Fjodorow Korporazija 1999, ISBN 5-8407-0005-3 Online in Russian here [1]
  • Forgotten Chechnya. Pages from the notebook of war (Russian: Забытая Чечня: Страницы из военных блокнотов) Moscow, Olimp 2003 ISBN 5-7390-1261-9

literature

  • Yuri Schchkochichin - In Liebe (Russian: Юрию Щекочихину, с любовью) Moscow Novaya gaseta Inapress 2006 Код ISBN 5-87135-180-8

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ War Critic Is mourned Jamestown Foundation, 10 July 2003
  2. ↑ Yuri Shchekochichin died on: grani.ru of July 3, 2003
  3. ↑ Последнее дело Юрия Щекочихина ( memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). The last case of Yuri Shchekoschikhin . On: Social Defense Party website of July 23, 2006 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Moscow scolds Litvinenko an "insignificant wretch". In: sueddeutsche.de . December 7, 2008, accessed October 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Florian Hassel: Deadly receipt for the criticism In: Bietigheimer Zeitung of November 22, 2006
  6. ↑ Famous Poisonings ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), in: Kommersant online from November 22, 2006 (English)
  7. ↑ "Я постараюсь стать посредником между болью людей и властью" ("I will try to mediate between the pain of people and power"), Novaja Gazeta, January 31, 2018 (Russian)
  8. ↑ Major Political Murders (Russian) On: grani.ru of October 12, 2006
  9. ↑ The Leakage of Poison , Novaya Gazeta, July 3, 2018
  10. ↑ Yuri Shchekochikhin on the website of: memorial.ru
personal data
SURNAME Shchekochichin, Yuri Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Щекочихин, Юрий Петрович (Russian); Ščekočichin, Jurij Petrovič
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirowabad, today Gäncä
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 2003
Place of death Moscow