The article "Russia: Aleksei Pichugin's Trial Blogger Nominated for the BOBs" was posted at the website Global Voices.

Article Description: For the second year in a row, LJ user <em>sivilia-1</em> (Russian journalist Vera Vasilieva) is taking part in Deutsche Welle's Best of the Blogs Awards (the BOBs). Her blog is devoted to coverage of the case of Aleksei Pichugin, former security chief of former oil giant Yukos, sentenced to life in prison for involvement in at least three murders; his arrest in 2003 marked the beginning of the Kremlin's attack against Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In the post translated below, <em>sivilia-1</em> explains to her critics the choice of her blogging subject matter.

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