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"She Had Already Understood Everything": 20 Years After Her Murder, Anna Politkovskaya Refuses to Remain Silent

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Known as a specialist in the crimes committed by the Russian authorities in Chechnya and an ardent critic of Vladimir Putin, Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the lobby of her building in Moscow on 7 October 2006. Twenty years later, her publisher in France, Jean-François Bouthors, gave her the floor again in a punched novel where the journalist's spirit came back haunting the Russian president.

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Madrid, Oct 7 (EFE).- The human rights activist, also recognized for her opposition to the Russian-Chechen war and to the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in the elevator of his apartment building in Moscow. The entry Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered today 20 years ago was first published in HolaNews.

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On 7 October 2006, the Russian president's birthday, this journalist of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta had been shot several times in the elevator of his building in Moscow. For many opponents of the Kremlin, his murder set a grim milestone in the dive into the authoritarianism of post-Soviet Russia, after Vladimir Putin's arrival in power more than 25 years ago. Until his death at 48 years, Anna Politkovskaya, who had survived poisoning in 2004, d…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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It has been 20 years since the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, critical of the Kremlin, the background to which remains unclear. 32 countries of the Coalition for Media Freedom, including Slovenia, have called on Russian authorities to bring all those responsible, including the clients, to justice ahead of the anniversary of the murder.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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It's been 20 years since Anna Politkovskaya was killed. Today, more than ever, we miss her eye for the grotesque twists and turns of Russian history. Take just the latest example: One of those convicted of her murder was pardoned because he was going to fight in Putin's next war. She saw it all before most, and I didn't have time to call Anna Politkovskaya.

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Thirty-two countries of the media freedom coalition, including Slovenia, called on the Russian authorities to bring all those responsible to justice ahead of the anniversary of the murder.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Twenty years ago, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, shot dead in the stairwell of her building in Moscow, on Vladimir Putin's birthday. Novaya Gazeta's investigative journalist, who denounced corruption and war crimes committed during the Second Chechnya War, was a virulent critic of the Russian president. If the shooter and organizer were convicted, the sponsors were never identified. Twenty years later, her son, Ilia Politkovski, returned to he…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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