United Press International/Washington Times
July 19 2004

Second Moscow editor killed in 10 days

Moscow, Russia, Jul. 19 (UPI) — Moscow police are investigating the
beating and stabbing death of the second magazine editor to be killed
in 10 days, the Moscow Times said Monday.

The body of Paila Peloyan, the Armenian editor of the
Russian-language monthly, Armenian Lane, was found dead with knife
wounds to the chest and severe trauma to the head, dumped by the side
of the city’s outer ring road Saturday morning.

Investigators are not ruling out the possibility Peloyan was killed
because of his professional activity.

His death came 10 days after the shooting death of Paul Klebnikov,
the U.S. editor of the Russian version of Forbes magazine. Nobody has
been arrested for his slaying.

While the dead U.S. journalist made waves by publicizing the names of
Russia’s wealthiest people and delving into their financial affairs,
Peloyan’s magazine was an arts publication that carried features
about literature, the arts and history and included prose and poetry
from Armenian writers.

Peloyan is the 16th journalist to be killed in Russia since 2000 when
Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency, The Independent said.