A reporter for 1+1’ s Hroshi (money) investigative program was beaten by two unidentified men near his home in Kyiv’s Sviatoshyn neighborhood late on Sept. 26. The reporter, Dmytro Volkov, as well as the head of the channel’s investigative journalism department, Mykola Shylenko, said the beating was connected to his work.

Volkov had been investigating alleged illegal land distribution in Vyshgorod, a district north of Kyiv. When asked whether the attack was connected to his investigation, Volkov said, “yes, it is exactly that.”

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