Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Putin Critic, Shot Dead
Ms Politkovskaya, a reporter for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was found dead Saturday afternoon from a bullet wound in the elevator of the building where she lived in Moscow. Ms Politkovskaya was celebrated internationally for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. She was the 76th journalists killed world-wide in 2006, the most deadly year since records of journalist murders began in 1997.
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Anna Politkovskaya is murdered……
Russian prosecutors investigating the murder of Anna Politkovskaya say they believe her death could be linked to her investigative reporting. Ms. Politkovskaya was believed to poisoned on her way to act as a mediator in the Beslan incident. Here……
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