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Once outspoken Russian journalist Mikhail Beketov,Patrick Kane White Hockey Jerseys, who was nearly beaten to death two years ago and is now confined to a wheelchair,Chara Black Hockey Jerseys, was acquitted of slander Friday.
Russia's Interfax news agency reports that Beketov,Kane Hockey Jerseys, who was charged and fined last month for slandering a local mayor,Chris Pronger Black Jerseys, has won his appeal because of his physical and mental disabilities sustained from the violent assault. In 2007,Jonathan Toews Hockey Jerseys, the reporter and editor of Khimkinskaya Pravda weekly accused the mayor of being involved in blowing up his car. A year later the journalist was savagely attacked,Alex Ovechkin Red NHL Jerseys, leaving him barely able to talk and brain-damaged.
Beketov had reported on controversial plans to build a road through Khimki's protected forest,Marc-Andre Fleury Women's NHL Jersey, the same issue covered by several other Russian journalists who have been attacked. Since his attack in 2008,Savard Yellow Hockey Jerseys, Beketov has undergone eight operations. Some of his fingers were amputated,Zetterberg Red NHL Jerseys, as was one of his lower legs.
Eight journalists have been killed in Russia this year. Only one case has resulted in an arrest. No one has been charged in Beketov's case. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for greater state protection for reporters following a string of attacks in November.