MOSCOW: A local journalist was found shot dead in a small Siberian town, investigators said Thursday, adding they believe his slaying may be linked to his work.

The body of Dmitry Popkov, editor of local paper Ton-M, was discovered Wednesday in the yard of a house at Minusinsk, a small town some 440 kilometres (270 miles) south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

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