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Abefore committing such action, the journalist, identified as Irina Tap, published on his personal page on the social network Facebook a message for blame the Russian authorities.
“I ask that you blame the Russian Federation for my death,” he wrote. Irina Tap, 47, who was director of the digital newspaper Cocoon Press, um Organ who was very critical of the local government.
According to local media, and citing emergency services, the journalist died of serious burns.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who on Thursday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, to be responsible for his poisoning occurred in August in the past, he reacted on the social network Twitter, accusing the authorities of inciting Irina Tap commit such an act.
Irina Tap, editor-in-chief of the @cocoon_press a fire was set near the Ministry of the Interior building in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Tap died immediately. His last message was: “Blame the Russian Federation for my death.” Photo.twitter.com / 3nwED4zpem
– Justice Foundation for Journalists (@JFJfund) October 2, 2020
Second Alexei NavalnyThe Russian authorities fabricated a political case against the journalist, whose home had been searched on Thursday.
An opinion shared by Russian tycoon and opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who also accused the security forces of pressuring Irina Tap notscope of an open case against the political movement financed by exiled opponents Open Russia.
Irina Tap it was also a activist and was sued in 2019 for organizing a action in memory of Russian opponent Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015 in front of the Kremlin (seat of the Russian presidency).
According to some Russian media, Irina Tap was a member of a church founded in the United States, which some voices in Russia classify as a sect and whose Russian branch is related to Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Irina Tap was a well-known journalist in Nizhny Novgorod, one of the major Russian cities, and his death led to the reaction of various opponents and activists human rights, which relate this case to the preparation of the Russian legislative elections of 2021.
The authorities of Nizhny Novgorod announced, however, the opening of a preliminary investigation into the case.
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