Russia's Chief Investigator Accused of Threatening Journalist with Murder

Russia's Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov accused Russia's top investigator of driving his deputy editor to a forest and threatening him over critical coverage. In an open letter published on Novaya Gazeta's website, Muratov said security guards transported deputy editor Sergei Sokolov to a Moscow region forest and left him alone with Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee, who threatened his life. "The terrible truth is that you threatened in a fit of passion to kill my deputy. You even happily joked that you yourself would carry out the investigation," the letter read.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/investigator-threatens-novaya-gazeta-deputy-editor-claims/460260.html
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/columns/53061.html (document)

UPDATE:
Sokolov flees Russia because of Bastrykin's threats
http://lenta.ru/news/2012/06/13/sokolov/
UPDATE:
Bastrykin apologizes
http://lenta.ru/news/2012/06/14/bastr/