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Assassination of Anna Politkovskaya: "A Real Investigation Will only Be Possible if the Regime Changes," Her Son Says.

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…

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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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His murder coincided with the 54th birthday of President Vladimir Putin, a circumstance that, over time, allows one to glimpse that the authors considered his execution to be a kind of macabre gift intended for the Kremlin leader. On 7 October 2006, the reporter of Novaya Gazeta Anna Politkovskaya, 48, received four shots by gunmen, two of them in the chest, one in the shoulder and one in the head, while she was in the elevator of her home, loca…

·Barcelona, Spain
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Wednesday marks 20 years since the murder of Kremlin-critic journalist and publicist Anna Politkovskaya in her Moscow home. The same day also marks the birthday of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

·Tallinn, Estonia
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She wrote about torture, corruption and the war in Chechnya, making herself powerful enemies. On 7 October 2006, journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot in Moscow by Stephan Laack.

·Hamburg, Germany
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On 7 October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow. The journalist worked for Novaya Gazeta, a critical voice of the Russian power. Twenty years later, journalists tried to continue her fight for freedom of expression.

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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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