The most popular newspaper in Kishinev, the Russian-language anti-Semitic newspaper "Бессарабец" ("Bessarabetz", meaning "Bessarabian"), published by Pavel Krushevan, regularly published articles with headlines such as "Death to the Jews!" and "Crusade against the Hated Race!" (referring to the Jews). When a Ukrainian boy, Mikhail Rybachenko, was found murdered in the town of Dubăsari, about miles north of Kishinev, and a girl who committed suicide by poisoning herself was declared dead in a Jewish hospital, the "Bessarabetz" paper insinuated that both children had been murdered by the Jewish community for the purpose of using their blood in the preparation of matzo for Passover. Another newspaper, "Свет" ("Svet", "Light") made similar insinuations. These allegations sparked the pogrom.