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A Ukrainian court on Jan. 31 effectively blocked any attempt to investigate allegations that top political figures were behind the murder in 2000 of journalist Georgy Gongadze. The Kyiv court ruled that the investigation concluded by prosecutors was complete and that there were insufficient grounds to pursue allegations linking his death to former president Leonid Kuchma and former interior minister Yury Kravchenko. Four police officers, including former police colonel Aleksy Pukach, were charged in the killing of Gongaze, who established Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine's most popular news website. Read the story here.