So Who Was Ordered the Deaths, Then?

The grandson of Joseph Stalin doesn't say. He is suing a newspaper for stating that Stalin signed numerous death warrants.

Mr Dzhugashvili - who was not at the court as the case was brought on Thursday - says that is a lie, and that Stalin was never directly ordered the deaths of anyone.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

I suppose originally the sentence went, "Stalin was never directly involved in..." Then an unsuccessful attempt was made to eliminate the passive voice, resulting in the odd hybrid, pass-active voice.

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