Yevgeny Khamaganov

Affiliated media: Asia-Russia Today, Journalist

Incident date: March 16, 2017

Attack type:

• Beating / injury / torture resulting in death

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RFE/RL

Location: Russia, Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude

Additional information:

On March 16, 2017, 35-year-old journalist Yevgeny Khamaganov died in a hospital in Ulan-Ude. According to the official data, the journalist died in intensive care as a result of a diabetic coma. Khamaganov’s friends, who were not aware of his diabetes, think that the journalist may have died after being attacked. He previously suffered from an attack in June 2015, where his head was smashed and neck broken.