Gadzhi Akhmedovich Abashilov | |
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| Born | 1950 Gunib district, Dagestan |
| Died | 21 March 2008 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Dagestan State University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Gadzhi Akhmedovich Abashilov (Russian:Гаджи Ахмедович Абашилов; 1950 – 21 March 2008), also known asHaji Abashilov, was a Russian journalist and chief of theRepublic of Dagestan's outlet of state-ownedVGTRK media company. He was assassinated inMakhachkala,Dagestan on 21 March 2008 at 19:45 local time.[1]
Gadzhi Abashilov was born in theGunib district of Dagestan in 1950. He graduated fromDagestan State University after studying at the foreign languages faculty.
From 1975 to 1991, Abashilov was employed in localKomsomol structures, and in late 1980s he led DagestaniVLKSM Committee. From 1991 to 2006, Abashilov was chief editor of "Molodezh' Dagestana" (Молодежь Дагестана,Youths of Dagestan). In 1999, he was elected a member of local legislature, then was appointed deputy head of republican ministry of information, national policy and external affairs.[citation needed] Abashilov also presented his own television programme until 2007.[2] January 2007, he became chief of Dagestan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.[citation needed]
Gadzhi Abashilov was assassinated in the evening of 21 March 2008. His car was fired on in the central part of Makhachkala where Abashilov died at the scene and his driver was injured.[1] In the early hours of the same day another Dagestani journalist,Ilyas Shurpayev, who had worked for years in the republic as a correspondent ofNTV andChannel One, was foundstrangled inMoscow.[citation needed]
The Director-General of UNESCO,Koïchiro Matsuura, condemned both murders on 28 March 2008.[3]
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