1. Antonio Russo was an Italian journalist and Vice-President of the International Press Free lance, He was murdered while covering the Second Chechen War.
12 Facts About Antonio Russo
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Antonio Russo reported from Algeria during the years of bloody repression, Burundi and Rwanda during the Hutu-Tutsi war.
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Antonio Russo documented the Second Congo War, and then Ukraine, Colombia, Russia, Algeria and Sarajevo during the siege.
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Antonio Russo was sent to Kosovo, where he was the only Western journalist in the region during the NATO bombing.
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The convoy stopped along the way and Antonio Russo reached Skopje on foot.
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Russians denied him entry to Chechnya, so Antonio Russo went to Georgia to cover crimes against civilians there.
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Antonio Russo intended to interview Vera Putina, a woman who claimed Vladimir Putin was her lost son.
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Antonio Russo was investigating the Russian request for the United Nations to expel the Radical Party, accused of meddling in the war in Chechnya.
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Antonio Russo died in the night between 15 and 16 October 2000 in Georgia, where he was sent by Radical Radio to document the crimes in Chechnya.
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The autopsy revealed that Antonio Russo was killed by blows to the chest that caused fatal internal injuries.
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Antonio Russo's apartment had been searched and looted; his laptop computer, mobile telephone, video camera, and three videotapes were missing.
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Antonio Russo's friends believed that the FSB was responsible for his death due to his discovery of unconventional weapons being used against children.