Anna Politkovskaya: death of a professional
by Shaun Walker 9 - 10 - 2006

www.opendemocracy.net

The killing of a journalist who fearlessly reported the horror of Chechnya's wars is a devastating blow to free media in Russia, reports Shaun Walker in Moscow.

More with Links: Russia lost one of its best known and most controversial journalists on 7 October 2006, when Anna Politkovskaya was murdered at her home in Moscow. Politkovskaya won plaudits at home and abroad for her uncompromising writing on torture, abuse and corruption in the north Caucasus - especially Chechnya... >>>