Date

22/06/2011  

First

Anatoly  

Surname

BITKOV  

Sex/Age

M, 38  

Incident

homicide  

Motive

nJ  

Place

apartment  

Job

chief editor  

Medium

television  

Federal District Plus

FAR EAST  

Street, Town, Region

Magadan, Kolyma Region  

Freelance

no  

Local/National

local, Kolyma + TV  

Other Ties

 

Cause of Death

stabbing  

Legal Qualification

 

Impunity

conviction, January 2012  

KILLER SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IMPRISONMENT (January 2012)

The killer of TV editor Anatoly Bitkov has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in a special regime penal colony.

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STABBED TO DEATH (22 June 2011)

Anatoly Bitkov, chief editor of the Kolyma plus TV company, has been found dead in his apartment in Magadan. He had been repeatedly stabbed in the neck and other parts of his body. The 38-year-old journalist was well known in the region, where he was responsible for news, features and analytical programmes. Investigators consider his murder was the result of a private dispute.