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1994Oct, 17

Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.

Dmitry Yuryevich Kholodov (Russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Хо́лодов; 21 July 1967 – 17 October 1994) was a Russian journalist who investigated corruption in the military and was assassinated on 17 October 1994 in Moscow.

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