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| Oren Durell with wife Ginny Knapp Dorell |
Former BJ reporter Oren Dorell is getting a lot of attention for
his USA Today article about Russian president Vladimir Putin’s opponents
dropping dead. 38 of them in 40 months. Stalin must be proud.
Russian opposition activist Vladimir
Kara-Murza survived TWO poisonings.
A former member of the Russian parliament is gunned down in broad
daylight in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. A longtime Russian
ambassador to the United Nations drops dead at work. A Russian-backed
commander in the breakaway Ukrainian province of Donetsk is blown up in an
elevator. A Russian media executive is found dead in his Washington, D.C.,
hotel room.
They are among 38 prominent Russians who are victims of unsolved
murders or suspicious deaths since the beginning of 2014, according to
a list compiled by USA TODAY and British journalist Sarah Hurst, who has
done research in Russia.
The list contains 10 high-profile critics of Russian President Vladimir
Putin, seven diplomats, six associates of Kremlin power brokers who had a
falling out — often over corruption — and 13 military or political
leaders involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, including commanders
of Russian-backed separatist forces. Two are possibly connected to a
dossier alleging connections between President Trump's campaign staff
and Kremlin officials that was produced by a former British spy and shared
with the FBI.
Twelve were shot, stabbed or beaten to death. Six were blown up.
Ten died allegedly of natural causes. One died of mysterious head
injuries, one reportedly slipped and hit his head in a public bath, one was
hanged in his jail cell, and one died after drinking coffee.
Trump praised Putin in March 2016 as a "strong leader."
The FBI and Congress are investigating contacts between Kremlin officials
and Trump's campaign advisers, as part of its investigation into Russia’s
alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The story has Oren on the TV talk-show circuit. Oren and wife Ginny
Knapp Dorell both worked at Ol’ Blue Walls, which is where they met. Oren
covered Barberton/Norton and the swing shift on the night desk. Ginny worked on
the copy desk. Both from 1998-2000.
To read his article, click on https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/02/dozens-russian-deaths-cast-suspicion-vladimir-putin/100480734/
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