[1] On May 9, 1996, Nina Yefimova, 25-year-old, was found dead from a shot to the back of the head.
[2] Journalists in Grozny and Moscow believe that her murder was related to stories she had published on crime in Chechnya.
A local law enforcement official who declined to give reporters his name claimed that the murder was committed "for private reasons."
Yefimova's newspaper described as "relatively independent" by the Glasnost Defence Foundation, a Moscow media watchdog group.
At this time, all media in Chechnya were controlled by the Moscow-installed government of Doku Zavgayev.