oleg kashin was fiercely beaten near his home and is now in.. >> [speaking russian]. >> mr.ashin currently in a very critical condition in- in an induced coma. >> one video from a cctv camera which actually captured the attack itself leaked into the internet on monday, the police have already strongly criticized.. >> the role of the journalist is to provide transparency, to tell what is really happening, to uncover the true story, to cut behind the propaganda, to cut behind the government line. so it's vital work, it's work that has to be done. >> [speaking russian]. >> whenever enterprising journalists are slain or silenced or drowned and marginalized, everybody suffers. >> it's a measure of a civil society to have an active, aggressive press. and uh. when that starts to break down, civil society starts to break down. >> [speaking russian]. >> we can't say that the investigative journalism is extinct. not yet. uhm. but it is an endangered species. >> it only takes one journalist to be beaten or assaulted or murdered for the rest of his colleagues to think, "why am i in this

oleg kashin was fiercely beaten near his home and is now in.. >> [speaking russian]. >> mr. kashin currently in a very critical condition in- in an induced coma. >> one video from a cctv camera which actually captured the attack itself leaked into the internet on monday, the police have already strongly criticized.. >> the role of the journalist is to provide transparency, to tell what is really happening, to uncover the true story, to cut behind the propaganda, to cut behind the government line. so it's vital work, it's work that has to be done. >> [speaking russian]. >> whenever enterprising journalists are slain or silenced or drowned and marginalized, everybody suffers. >> it's a measure of a civil society to have an active, aggressive press. and uh. when that starts to break down, civil society starts to break down. >> [speaking russian]. >> we can't say that the investigative journalism is extinct. not yet. uhm. but it is an endangered species. >> it only takes one journalist to be beaten or assaulted or murdered for the rest of his colleagues to think, "why am i in th