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Monday, October 09, 2006

Who Killed Anna Politkovskaya?

Tags: , Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Freedom of Speech, Finance, History, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Media, War & Conflict

Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist famous for her critical coverage of Chechnya and Vladimir Putin’s policies, was shot to death in Moscow Saturday. Russian-language blogs are awash in speculation on who might be behind the murder.

Global Voices' Veronica Khokhlova posted this:

Anton Nossik (LJ user dolboeb, aka “the Guru of Russian Internet“) points (RUS) at Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s prime minister, without naming him; the Russian Yandex Blogs portal currently lists this post as the third most popular one in the Russian blogosphere:
The murder of Politkovskaya: cui prodest
The name of the contractor is absolutely obvious - it’s just enough to know some widely available facts.
I’ll cite them here, for the public record.
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