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The attackers of Russian journalist Oleg Kashin will be found and punished, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday. The journalist from the respected Kommersant daily was severely beaten by unidentified assailants near his house in Moscow early on Saturday. He suffered severe head and leg injuries and is currently in an induced coma. Read the story here.