Three Chechens charged in the killing of the American editor Paul Klebnikov went on trial in a closed Moscow courtroom. Mr. Klebnikov, the editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, was shot outside the magazine’s Moscow office in July 2004.



Prosecutors say a former minister in the Chechen separatist government ordered the killing after taking offense at his portrayal in one of Mr. Klebnikov’s books. But critics have suggested that the prosecution’s argument is not the only plausible explanation for the shooting and that Mr. Klebnikov may have been singled out for his investigations of dealings by oligarchs.



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