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RFE/RL: Man accused of stabbing Russian radio journalist goes on trial

Published April 19, 2018 at 12:12 pm

An unknown assailant has stabbed the deputy editor of the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy Tatiana Felgenhauer in the neck, the radio station reported on Oct. 23.

Photo by Tatiana Felgenhauer / Facebook

The trial of a man accused of stabbing an Ekho Moskvy radio journalist in the neck last year has kicked off in Moscow.

Addressing the court on April 18, Boris Grits admitted that he stabbed Tatyana Felgengauer three times — to the neck, the head, and a hand.