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RUSSIA
THIRD SUSPECT ARRESTED IN JOURNALIST'S MURDER
Aleksandr Zvyagintsev, an aide to Prosecutor-General
Yurii Skuratov, announced on 17 June that police have
arrested a third man in connection with the 7 June murder
of "Sovetskaya Kalmykia Segodnya" editor Larisa Yudina,
Russian news agencies reported. He identified the suspect
as V. Shanukov but did not provide other details. The two
men previously arrested for Yudina's murder both have
ties to Kalmykian President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Meanwhile,
the Union of Journalists on 18 June announced that it will
fight to ensure that "Sovetskaya Kalmykia Segodnya" can
be published and distributed freely in the republic, ITAR-
TASS reported. A statement issued by the union called on
the State Press Committee to become one of the
newspaper's "co-founders" in order to help provide for its
regular publication. LB
The author is an RFE/RL senior correspondent.
18-06-98
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