Below is a translation of a blog post by Vladimir Varfolomeyev, a reporter who works at Echo Moskvy.  Hat tip to Veronica Khokhlova at Global Voices for bringing it to our attention.

Callous people
21 Jan, 2009 at 7:41 PM
The “Live journal” of Vladimir Varfolomeyev

We probably really have started getting used to the regular murders – of journalists, lawyers, politicians… – all those who on the strength of their calling, professional duty or civic conscience are found on the forward flank. Or maybe the point here is that we always were callous people, indifferent to the pain of others.