A Russian reporter, whose beating shocked the country and caused international outrage, said in his first interview after the attack that the nation’s media freedom was shrinking. In an interview broadcast by Kommersant radio on Monday, Oleg Kashin said that he did not know who was behind the beating by two men outside his Moscow apartment earlier this month. He said the attack might be tied to his reporting about a controversial highway project near Moscow or about other matters. Mr. Kashin, who works for the daily business newspaper Kommersant, was the latest among many journalists and activists who have been victims of unsolved attacks in Russia.

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