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Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her death

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France 24 English
“Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her death”

Assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago, her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006.

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DER SPIEGEL
“Anna Politkowskaja: 20 Jahre nach dem ungeklärten Mord an Putins Kritikerin”

Vor 20 Jahren wurde in Moskau die Journalistin Anna Politkowskaja umgebracht – an Putins Geburtstag. Journalismus gibt es in seinem Reich nicht mehr.

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