Ivan Safronov

Journalist, Deceased Person

1956 – 2007

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Who was Ivan Safronov?

Ivan Ivanovich Safronov was a Russian journalist and columnist who covered military affairs for the daily newspaper Kommersant. He died after falling from the fifth floor of his Moscow apartment building. His apartment was on the third floor. There are speculations that he may have been killed for his critical reporting: the Taganka District prosecutor's office in Moscow initiated a criminal investigation into Safronov's death, and in September 2007, officially ruled his death a suicide.

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Born
Jan 16, 1956
Moscow
Nationality
  • Russia
Profession
Lived in
  • Moscow
Died
Mar 2, 2007
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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