RUSSIAN media yesterday savaged President Vladimir Putin as the respected editor of Russia’s Izvestia daily was forced to quit in what he and media analysts linked to the paper’s critical coverage of the authorities’ handling of the school siege.

The respected editor of Russia’s Izvestia daily was forced to quit today in what he and media analysts linked to the paper’s critical coverage of the Russian authorities’ handling of the school siege.

A respected Russian editor was sacked today after his newspaper published pages of photos of wounded and dead children and other victims of the school hostage crisis.