Russia - Call for more effort, more vigilance five years after Politkovskaya murder

Reporters without borders

The failure to solve Anna Politkovskaya's murder in the five years since her death casts a long shadow that threatens all those who fight for a fairer Russia and an end to violence in the Caucasus. There have been encouraging developments in the investigation of late but the hardest part, identifying the masterminds, still remains. It will require a great deal of courage on part of the police and judicial authorities. A reporter for the Moscow-based independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta who (...)

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