Developments
Maxim Trudolyubov Thanks the Paul Klebnikov Fund for the Integrity in Journalism Fellowship
September 4, 2007
Klebnikov Family Op-Ed on Anniversary of Murder
July 9, 2007
Third Anniversary Statement from The Klebnikov Family
July 9, 2007
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) statement on anniversary of Klebnikov murder
July 6, 2007
U.S. House Urges Russia to Seek Foreign Help in Journalist Murders
June 18, 2007
Klebnikov Family Statement on the Suspension of the Retrial in Moscow
March 15, 2007
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) statement on Klebnikov trial delay
March 14, 2007
Pavel Rumyantsev Thanks the Paul Klebnikov Fund for Journalism Fellowship
February 2007
Aleksey Korsunsky Thanks the Paul Klebnikov Fund for Journalism Fellowship
December 2006
Russian Supreme Court Overturns Acquittal: Klebnikov Family Statement
November 9, 2006
The 2006 Paul Klebnikov Prize for Courage in Journalism
U.S. Senate Adopts Resolution Condemning Murder of Paul Klebnikov
July 26, 2006
The 2005 Paul Klebnikov Prize for Courage in Journalism
October 2006
A benefit musical evening was held on June 2, 2005 in honour of Paul's birthday at the Russian Consulate in New York City. Thanks to the generous participation of many people, monies raised at the concert were used to purchase defibrillators for Hospital #52, a Moscow-based facility with an open door policy, and were installed at the hospital this month.
President Vladimir Putin
October 10, 2006
Munich (Excerpt) "And I believe that the institutions of civil society have a key peace-making role. It is well-known that your forum has already done a great deal in this field and has proven its ability to objectively and profoundly analyse difficult problems related to the struggle against terrorism. And of course the freedom of the press and the media in general plays a major role here. A reprehensible attitude towards members of the media, towards people that are called on to disseminate information to the world and to various countries, cannot but trigger a deeply negative reaction. We know that, unfortunately, the attacks and murders of journalists are unfortunately not isolated events. Just recently while we prepared for the G8 summit in Moscow we met with representatives from the international community of journalists. We mentioned facts about how, in many countries of the world and, of course, first and foremost, in hot spots such as Iraq, the Middle East, and now in Afghanistan, journalists are sometimes killed. Regrettably, it also happens in our country, very regrettably. A short while ago an American journalist of Russian origin, Paul Khlebnikov, a journalist who also worked on Chechnya was killed. After he published his book 'Conversation with a Barbarian' where he presented the protagonists in an unfavourable light - or so it seemed to them - and he talked about the activities of people that we refer to in Russia as terrorists and extremists, he was killed."
U.S. Secretaty of State Condoleezza Rice
Interview on ABC World News Tonight
October 10, 2006 (Excerpt)
QUESTION: We've had 13 journalists killed since President Putin assumed that job and we've had zero cases solved. a) Do you really have any confidence it's going to be fully investigated? And b) Do you have any reason to believe that the Russian Government is simply killing its critics?
SECRETARY RICE: Well, I don't have any reason to believe that — or any evidence that the Russian Government is involved, but I think the Russian Government does have a heavy burden to demonstrate that it is both interested in and determined to find the killers of these journalists. You're right; there have been too many of these and there have been too many that have been unsolved. And so one has to be concerned about the atmosphere and one has to be concerned that the Russian Government will do everything and I just — I know the international community is saying to the Russian Government that this case and others really, really need to be resolved. There are a number — the case of Paul Klebnikov is another case where resolution would make a very big difference.
QUESTION: You know Russia well. Is there any free press there left?
SECRETARY RICE: Well, there are multiple small newspapers, but you know, we've been very concerned about the fate of the press in Russia. We've been very concerned especially about the electronic press, where one gets minimal criticism of very sensitive issues any longer. Russia's a strong country. It's a country that is in transition and it's a country that can stand, that can tolerate, that would benefit from a free press. And so when we talk to the Russian Government about the need for a free press, it isn't because anybody wants to see Russia weaker. It's because it's our firm belief that a free press would actually make Russia stronger.
