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A memorial plaque dedicated to murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been destroyed, according to Alexander Zamyatin. The plaque was installed at the place of her murder in Moscow.

#Russia #HumanRights #Politics #AnnaPolitkovskaya #NovayaGazeta #Journalism

Every day I bask in my own stu Oct 7

19 years ago #AnnaPolitkovskaya, as well as six of her colleagues, were killed in a double tap aerial strike launched by the Russian Armed Forces near and on Al-Shifa Hospital, usage of the technique was said by then Prime Minister to "raise urgent questions", he later qualified the incident as a "tragic mishap". Statement by the Ministry of Defense later alleged that the second strike's objective was to destroy a #Hamas camera.

Variety May 16, 2025

‘Words of War’ Review: A Crusader for Truth in Putin’s Russia Is Memorialized in a Less-Than-Bold Biopic
#Variety #Reviews #AnnaPolitkovskaya #JasonIsaacs #MaxinePeake #WordsofWar

https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/words-of-war-review-putin-journalist-biopic-1236400000/

'Words of War' Review: Putin Journalist Gets Less-Than-Bold Biopic

'Words of War,' starring Maxine Peake as Anna Politkovskaya, provides a respectful but inauthentic tribute to the Russian journalist.

Variety

Culture | The Guardian US Apr 28, 2025

Telling the incredible tale of Anna Politkovskaya has taught me one thing: I could never be that brave | Maxine Peake https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/26/anna-politkovskaya-brave-threats-journalists #Newspapers&magazines #AnnaPolitkovskaya #Journalistsafety #ShireenAbuAkleh #Worldnews #Culture #Media #Film

Telling the incredible tale of Anna Politkovskaya has taught me one thing: I could never be that brave

She faced endless opposition and threats to her life. This has become a reality for far too many journalists, says actor Maxine Peake

The Guardian

EURACTIV Global Europe Nov 14, 2023

Russia pardons ex-policeman convicted of Politkovskaya’s murder https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russia-pardons-ex-policeman-convicted-of-politkovskayas-murder/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AnnaPolitkovskaya #politicalmurder #pressfreedom #Russia

Russia pardons ex-policeman convicted of Politkovskaya's murder

Russian authorities have pardoned a former policeman jailed over the 2006 killing of investigative journalist

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Norobiik @[email protected]Nov 14, 2023

Ms Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter and vocal critic of #Russia's war in #Chechnya, was shot in a lift in her block of flats.

Her reporting for #NovayaGazeta newspaper won international renown for her dogged investigation of Russian abuses in Chechnya.

#AnnaPolitkovskaya: Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon fighting in #Ukraine - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67414517?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA&utm_source=press.coop

image source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya: Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon

An ex-police officer jailed for the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya is freed after fighting in Ukraine.

BBC News

Veza85UE Oct 7, 2023

"Le 7 octobre 2006, #AnnaPolitkovskaïa est assassinée dans le hall de son immeuble. Près de son corps, il y a un pistolet Makarov 9 mm, une arme fréquemment utilisée par les forces de sécurité russes. Le 7 octobre, c’est aussi l’anniversaire de Vladimir Poutine. Aujourd’hui, pendant qu’il célébrera avec ses proches, nous rendons hommage à la journaliste assassinée en publiant son dernier article, resté dans son ordinateur au moment de sa mort"

#AnnaPolitkovskaya #Russia

https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2023/10/07/anna-politkovskaia-1958-2006-une-prophetesse-parmi-nous/

Anna Politkovskaïa (1958-2006), une prophétesse parmi nous | Le Grand Continent

Le 7 octobre 2006, Anna Politkovskaïa est assassinée dans le hall de son immeuble. Près de son corps, il y a un pistolet Makarov 9 mm, une arme fréquemment utilisée par les forces de sécurité russes. Le 7 octobre, c’est aussi l’anniversaire de Vladimir Poutine. Aujourd’hui, pendant qu’il célébrera avec ses proches, nous rendons hommage à la journaliste assassinée en publiant son dernier article, resté dans son ordinateur au moment de sa mort — introduit par Galia Ackerman, historienne et traductrice de l’œuvre de Politkovskaïa.

Le Grand Continent

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Norobiik @[email protected]Sep 2, 2023

In 2021, when Muratov co-received the #NobelPeacePrize, he dedicated the award to #NovayaGazeta’s “fallen” journalists who “gave up their lives for their profession”.

Since 2000, Novaya Gazeta has seen six of its journalists and contributors killed, including investigative reporter #AnnaPolitkovskaya, who was shot dead in #Moscow on President Vladimir #Putin’s birthday. #Ukraine

#Russia adds #Nobel prize-winning journalist #DmitryMuratov to list of ‘foreign agents’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/russia-adds-nobel-prize-winning-journalist-dmitry-muratov-to-list-of-foreign-agents

Russia adds Nobel prize-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov to list of ‘foreign agents’

Editor of Novaya Gazeta accused of using foreign platforms to spread ‘opinions aimed at forming a negative attitude towards Russia’

The Guardian

Eldert Francke Aug 31, 2023

"Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and human rights activist. She would have been 65 today. Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the entrance of her own building on 7 October, 2006 - on Putin's birthday."

https://nitter.net/Gerashchenko_en/status/1696921051786100764#m

#AnnaPolitkovskaya #Putin