Mikhail Beketov

[2] Beketov covered the construction of the motorway and its potential damage to the environment, particularly around the area of the Khimki Forest, near Moscow.

[3] He claims to have received warnings from local officials to desist his coverage, and his car was set on fire and his dog killed.

[1] Beketov accused the local mayor, Vladimir Strelchenko, of criminal activity in relation to the building of the motorway.

[4] The media have linked Beketov's attack to a wider series of assaults on other journalists and activists connected to the building of the motorway.

[7] Counting this as cause for his death Forbidden Stories included Beketov in a list of 13 reporters investigating environmental issues that have been killed between 2009 and 2019.