The body of a Moscow magazine editor has been found on a city ring road, Russian media reports. Prosecutors are treating the death of Payl Peloyan, editor of Armyanski Pereulok (Armenian Lane), as murder, according to RIA Novosti news agency.
He was found with knife wounds to his chest and bruises on his face, a police spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Earlier this month, editor of Russian Forbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov, was shot dead in northern Moscow.
 Mr Klebnikov was an outspoken critic of Russia's oligarchs |
Russian police said the body of Mr Peloyan was found at the side of the MKAD highway encircling Moscow at 0700 (0300GMT) on Saturday. They were reportedly not ruling out the possibility his death was linked to his work at the Russian-language arts and literature magazine serving the Armenian community.
On July 9, Mr Klebnikov - a US citizen - was shot four times as he left his office in the north of the Russian capital.
He had been an outspoken critic of Russia's wealthy oligarchs.
US-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Mr Klebnikov was the 15th journalist to be killed in connection with his work in Russia since 2000.
The group called on President Vladimir Putin to address what it calls the "climate of lawlessness and impunity" that has led to the killings.
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