Murder confession after 20 years: revelation journalist in St. Petersburg!

Murder confession after 20 years: revelation journalist in St. Petersburg!

St. Petersburg, Russland - A shocking confession shakes the media landscape in Russia: the former colonel of the Interior Ministry, Mikhail Smirnow, admitted to having murdered journalists Maximow in 2004. This happened in St. Petersburg, where the body of the revelation journalist, who worked for the renowned Fontanka platform, was found in a forest. Maximow had uncovered in his reports on corruption and the misdeeds of the state security forces, which apparently made him a goal for the perpetrators. According to the investigative committee, Smirnow also put two more murders in the room that could be related to its crimes. These revelations were published by the Kleine Zeitung

st. Petersburg was notorious for her high crime rate during the 1990s, when Smirnow made a steep career as a police officer. "His work is peppered with corpses, spanking and the urge to put their own people into prison," said the Fontanka internet portal about Smirnow. The governments of recent years are repeatedly faced with suspicions that they make journalists who uncover grievances, make the risk of their own power and legally pursue or even kill them to silence them. In view of the tragic list of murdered journalists such as Anna Politkowskaja and Natalja Estemirowa, the Maximows case fits into a dark picture that testifies to a continued lack of justice, such as the Tagesspiegel reported

The resigned Smirnow seems to want to think about whether he will activate himself again in the war against Ukraine. It remains unclear how the overwhelming evidence and the deadly legacy of the perpetrators in Russia should be dealt with. The murder of Maxim Maximow does not remain an isolated case, but part of a terrifying narrative about the fate of journalists who fight for the truth.