THE HAGUE, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the family of well-known Dutch director Theo van Gogh a year after he had been killed at the age of 47.
"This is a terrible event," Putin said at a joint news conference with the Dutch prime minister. "Today we should first of all think about Theo van Gogh's near ones and express our human sympathy for them."
Theo van Gogh, a descendant of famed Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, was shot dead in Amsterdam on November 2, 2004 by Islamic fundamentalist Mohammed Bouyeri two months after the release of his highly controversial movie, Submission, which detailed the physical punishments sanctioned by the Koran for Muslim women.
