Russia: Murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya allegedly solved
The Russian justice system has solved the brutal murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist critical of the government. According to the Interfax news agency, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika announced on Monday that the leader of a Chechen criminal group was behind the crime.
The brutal murder of the anti-government journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been solved by the Russian judiciary. According to the Interfax news agency, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika announced on Monday that the leader of a criminal Chechen group was behind the crime. This group had specialized in criminal business and contract killings in Moscow. Employees of the domestic secret service FSC and the Interior Ministry are said to have provided the contract killers with information about the victim.
Politkovskaya was an employee of the opposition newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and had mainly reported on human rights violations in Chechnya. She was also one of the harshest critics of President Vladimir Putin's policies.
Politkovskaya was an employee of the opposition newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and had mainly reported on human rights violations in Chechnya. She was also one of the harshest critics of President Vladimir Putin's policies.
