for his news photographs from the war-torn region. Crossfire [J]. 16 July - Igor Domnikov, from Novaya Gazeta , Moscow . Struck over the head with a hammer in the stairwell of his Moscow apartment building, Domnikov lay in a coma for two months. His murderer was identified in 2003 and convicted in 2007 [13] . The men who ordered and organised the attack have been named by his paper but not charged. Homicide [J]. 26 July - Sergei Novikov, Radio Vesna, Smolensk . Shot in a contract killing in stairwell of his apartment building. Claimed that he often criticized the administration of Smolensk Region. Homicide [?J]. 21 September - Iskander Khatloni, Radio Free Europe , Moscow . A native of Tajikistan , Khatloni was killed at night in an axe attack on the street outside his Moscow apartment block. His assailant and the motive of the murder remain unknown. A RFE/RL spokeswoman said Khatloni worked on stories about the human-rights abuses in Chechnya. [ 85 ] Homicide [nJ]. 3 October - Sergei Ivanov, Lada-TV, Togliatti . Shot five times in the head and chest in front of his apartment building. As director of largest independent television company in Togliatti, he was an important player on the local political scene. [ 86 ] Homicide. Gang responsible on trial [nJ]. 23 November - Adam Tepsurkayev, Reuters , Chechnya . A Chechen cameraman, he was shot at his neighbor's house in the village of Alkhan-Kala (aka Yermolovka). Tepsurkayev filmed most of Reuters'