The direct motivation for the threat was said to be the critical article Беспрограммная любовь (Love without programme) published on 3 February in Chegemskaya Pravda about the congress of United Abkhazia held on 27 January.
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Inal Khashig accused the government of being behind the action with the upcoming 12 December 2009 presidential election in mind.
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According to the story, Khashig was then driven to a sub-urban wasteland where he was threatened the same fate as Dmitry Kholodov and Anna Politkovskaya lest he change the tone of his publications.
Pravda | Komsomolskaya Pravda | Ukrayinska Pravda | Ukrayinska Pravda's chief investigative journalists, Serhiy Leshchenko (center) and Mustafa Nayem | Russkaya Pravda | Golaya Pravda |