Veronika Cherkasova
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Veronika Cherkasova (January 12, 1959 - October 20, 2004) was a Belarusian journalist, born in Minsk
, Belarus
. She was stabbed to death in her Minsk
apartment on October 20, 2004.
The killer, who inflicted over 20 stab wounds, has never been found. The official investigation was suspended in December 2005, restarted in February 2006, and suspended again on March 14, 2006, citing lack of indictable suspects.
Veronika Cherkasova had worked for various independent opposition newspapers - "BDG" (in the 90's), "Belorusskaya Gazeta" (1995-2003) and, finally, in 2003-2004 for "Salidarnaść" (Solidarity) newspaper.
She specialized in investigative journalism and wrote about social issues, including articles about religious sects and gypsy communities in Belarus, but also she published several articles about illegal arms trade between Alexander Lukashenko's Belarus and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. She visited Iraq in 2002 as member of group of journalists invited to the country by some Belarus businessman who had partners in Iraq. Her site www.veronikacherkasova.org reported some photos taken during this trip disappeared from her flat after the murder.
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. She was stabbed to death in her Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
apartment on October 20, 2004.
The killer, who inflicted over 20 stab wounds, has never been found. The official investigation was suspended in December 2005, restarted in February 2006, and suspended again on March 14, 2006, citing lack of indictable suspects.
Veronika Cherkasova had worked for various independent opposition newspapers - "BDG" (in the 90's), "Belorusskaya Gazeta" (1995-2003) and, finally, in 2003-2004 for "Salidarnaść" (Solidarity) newspaper.
She specialized in investigative journalism and wrote about social issues, including articles about religious sects and gypsy communities in Belarus, but also she published several articles about illegal arms trade between Alexander Lukashenko's Belarus and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. She visited Iraq in 2002 as member of group of journalists invited to the country by some Belarus businessman who had partners in Iraq. Her site www.veronikacherkasova.org reported some photos taken during this trip disappeared from her flat after the murder.
External links
- http://www.veronikacherkasova.org
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