(CNN) -- A newspaper reporter was severely beaten on Monday, making him the second Russian journalist in two days to be attacked by unidentified assailants.
Anatoly Adamchuk was attacked by men outside his newspaper's office and was being treated for head trauma at a hospital, according to colleagues at the Zhukovskie Vesti newspaper where he is employed. The paper is based in Zhukovshy, just outside Moscow.
On Saturday, a graphic video surfaced online showing the near-fatal beating of journalist Oleg Kashin outside a Moscow apartment building. Kashin is a political correspondent for Kommersant, an independent business daily.
Both journalists had been investigating controversial government plans to build a road through pristine forests northwest of Moscow.
Kashin's wife, Yevgeniya Milova, told the independent Interfax news agency that Kashin's condition was "steadily critical" after he was admitted to a hospital with multiple fractures and a concussion.
Russia's state-run Itar-Tass news agency said the attackers waited for Kashin near his home holding flowers.
"Neither money, nor other valuable things have been reported stolen from [Kashin]," the agency reported.
Joel Simon, the executive director for the Committee to Protect Journalists, issued a statement Saturday saying the Russian government has "considerable responsibility" for finding the perpetrators.
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