GQ Writer Says He Was Attacked by Journalist, Putin Supporter
07 March 2012 | Issue 4838
The Moscow Times
A writer for the Russian edition of GQ magazine said he was assaulted on Tverskaya Ulitsa in central Moscow on Tuesday by journalist Sergei Minayev and blogger Eduard Bagirov.
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