Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (Russian: Анна Степановна Политковская; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and Russian president Putin. [1][2]
Politkovskaya made her name reporting from lawless Chechnya, where many journalists and humanitarian workers have been kidnapped or killed. She was arrested and subjected to mock execution by Russian military forces there, and she was poisoned on the way to Beslan, but survived and continued her reporting. She authored several books about Chechen wars and Putin's Russia and received numerous prestigious international awards for her work.
She was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building on October 7, 2006, the birthday of Vladimir Putin, who was publicly accused by Alexander Litvinenko of ordering her murder. Litvinenko subsequently died from poisoning by radioactive polonium.
According to President Vladimir Putin and Prosecutor-General Yury Chaika the murder could have been organized by certain figures outside Russia (apparently meaning Putin's opponent Boris Berezovsky) who wished to undermine the Russian state.
By now over 10 people have been arrested within the scope of the official investigation; however, no organiser's name has yet been officially
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