“Does not meet Russia’s interests”

The murder of Gosteleradio correspondents Gennady Kurinny and Viktor Nogin in Yugoslavia has not yet been solved

Thirty-three years ago, on September 1, 1991, two Soviet journalists were killed in Yugoslavia - State Television and Radio correspondents Gennady Kurinnoy and Viktor Nogin. Their comrade and colleague, then People's Deputy of Russia Vladimir Mukusev, hot on the heels of the crime, established the place of death and the names of the killers, and achieved the opening of a monument to journalists at the site of their death.

Mukusev claims that Nogin and Kurinnoy were shot by Serbian fighters. This circumstance was the main reason that the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation over the past years has not recognized the results of the investigation of our colleague Vladimir Mukusev, and did not complete its own; it was considered “not in line with the interests of Russia.” The murder of journalists still remains unsolved.

Novaya Gazeta has repeatedly published Mukusev’s materials about his dead friends. Let's call the latter: “Don't shoot, we are your brothers!” — September 1, 2021, “Friendship and memory have no statute of limitations” — August 27, 2018, “Consider and report” (the Russian President ordered the head of his administration to “bring clarity to the tragic story” of the murdered journalists) — November 18, 2016, “Bullets and protocols” (for 25 years now the Russian side has refused to participate in the investigation) - September 16, 2016...

Mukusev says:

The homeland betrayed the memory of Nogin and Kurinny. He obviously doesn’t understand something about the behavior of the Motherland: after all, a memorial plaque in memory of the victims has long hung on the building of the television center in Ostankino.