RUSSIA - Journalist attacked

MOSCOW (AP):

A reporter for a suburban Moscow newspaper was beaten up on Monday, two days after another Moscow journalist was bludgeoned on the head, arms and legs in a brutal attack that was captured on video and has caused a national uproar.

No motivation for either attack has been determined, but both men wrote about efforts to stop developers from cutting down trees in forests around Moscow to build highways.

In addition, an opposition activist also trying to protect the Khimki forest near Moscow had his skull fractured in an assault last week.