Paul Klebnikov

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Paul Klebnikov

Paul Klebnikov ( Russian Пол (Павел) Хлебников ; born June 3, 1963 in New York ; † July 9, 2004 in Moscow ), also Pawel Chlebnikov , was an American journalist and editor-in-chief and publisher of the Russian edition of Forbes Magazine .

Life

Klebnikov's family left Russia after World War I in 1918. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and at the London School of Economics and Political Science . In 1991 he completed his studies with a doctorate. Paul Klebnikov began writing for Forbes magazine back in 1989 . He became editor-in-chief and specialist in Russian and Eastern European economics and politics, and in April 2004 he became editor of the first Russian edition of the magazine.

In his book Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism (dt. The Godfather of the Kremlin - Boris Berezovsky and the power of the oligarchs ) Klebnikov recorded the activities of various Russian oligarchs , especially those Boris Berezovsky , after and informed about their dubious rise after the collapse of the Soviet Union .

His second and last book Conversation with a Barbarian (Russian Разговор с варваром ) was published in 2003 and was about interviews that Klebnikov conducted with the Chechen rebel leader and former Moscow underworld boss Khosh Akhmed Nuchayev. This book is currently only available in Russian.

assassination

On July 9, 2004, Klebnikov was shot dead by unknown perpetrators in front of the Russian Forbes Magazine publishing house in Moscow. Three Chechen suspects were then charged with the murder and initially acquitted. Russia's Supreme Court later dismissed the acquittals, but the whereabouts of two of the suspects could not be traced after their previous release. Commentators and investigative authorities have spoken of contract killing in relation to the attack . In 2013, investigative journalist Richard Behar named the oligarch Berezovsky as a prime suspect in Forbes Magazine regarding the perpetrators of the murder . Berezovsky had fought a six-year legal battle against Forbes Magazine over an article by Klebnikov and cursed Klebnikov shortly after his murder.

Klebnikov left behind his wife and three children, who were then underage.

Works

  • The godfather of the Kremlin. Boris Berezovsky and the power of the oligarchs . Econ, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-430-15475-8
  • Razgovor s varvarom (conversation with a barbarian) . Детектив-Пресс Verlag, Moscow 2003. ISBN 5-89935-057-1

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Klebnikov, 1963-2004 . In: Forbes Magazine , July 12, 2004
  2. ↑ 2 Suspects Absent in Moscow in Retrial Over Editor's Killing . In: New York Times , February 16, 2007
  3. ^ Editor's Death Raises Questions About Change in Russia . In: New York Times , July 18, 2004
  4. ↑ a b c Did Boris Berezovsky Kill Himself? More Compelling, Did He Kill Forbes Editor Paul Klebnikov? In: Forbes Magazine , March 24, 2013
  5. ^ Unsuccessful search for murderers by the Russian editor-in-chief . In: Berliner Morgenpost , May 7, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Klebnikov, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chlebnikov, Pavel; Хлебников, Пол (Russian); Хлебников, Павел (Russian); Khlebnikov, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2004
Place of death Moscow