The story of the disappearance without a trace on the roads of the former Yugoslavia of two Soviet TV correspondents, Viktor Nogin and Gennady Kurinnyi, is one of the most mysterious and tragic entries in the chronicle of modern journalism in our country. Among all media employees who died in the Balkan war, only these two were never found or identified; moreover, there is still no official conclusion about their deaths.
For twenty years, Vladimir Mukusev has been investigating this tragedy—an acclaimed journalist, one of the creators of the legendary “Vzglyad,” a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (1990–1993). This book, which tells his version of what happened, will be of interest not only to his colleagues, practitioners and theorists, but to everyone who is interested in the world of modern media— the “kitchen” of domestic media— the details of journalists’ work in hot spots, and journalistic investigations.