Russian investigators are searching for clues on yet another nearly fatal attack against a journalist Saturday, and authorities believe the assault is linked to his job.
A Russian Investigative Committee spokesman told CNN that police are looking into closed-circuit security footage that showed two men suspected of beating journalist Oleg Kashin outside his home on Saturday morning.
Kashin is a political correspondent for Kommersant, an independent business daily.
Kashin's wife Yevgeniya Milova told the independent Interfax news agency that Kashin's condition was "steadily critical" after he was admitted to a hospital with multiple fractures and a concussion.
Russia's state-run Itar-Tass news agency said the attackers holding flowers waited for the journalist near his house.
"Neither money, nor other valuable things have been reported stolen from the journalist," the agency reported.
Joel Simon, the executive director for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said in a statement Saturday that the Russian government has "considerable responsibility" in finding the perpetrators.
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