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Irina Slavina, a Russian journalist and editor-in-chief of an information website, died on Friday after blowing herself up outside an office of the Interior Ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Moments earlier, she had left a message on Facebook asking that the country be blamed for her death.
“I ask that you blame the Russian Federation for my death,” Irina wrote on Facebook this Friday, before sacrificing herself.
The journalist, who was the editor-in-chief of the KozaPress news site, whose slogan is “uncensored news and analysis,” said on Thursday that police searched her apartment for jobs related to the pro-democracy group Russia Open. . Computers and data files were seized.
According to the BBC, in the meantime, images have emerged showing the moment when Irina blew herself up next to the fire. In the video, a man is seen running towards a woman to help extinguish the flames, but she pushes him away before falling to the ground. The authenticity of the video has not yet been verified.
The authorities of that Russian city did not comment on the matter.
Last year, the publisher was fined for “disrespecting the authorities” in one of its articles. Recently, a series of stricter laws on media and the Internet came into force in Russia, raising concerns that the government may use them to silence its critics. The Kremlin said at the time that legislation was needed to improve Internet security.
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