Politkovskaya Remembered
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Anna Politkovskaya was known in Russia and abroad for her efforts in exposing social injustice and human rights abuses. RFE/RL photographer Dmitry Borko took this picture at an unsanctioned street rally in Moscow less than two months before she was killed.
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Much of Politkovskaya's work was centered on the atrocities of the war in Chechnya. As a correspondent for the Russian liberal newspaper "Novaya gazeta," she chronicled the beatings, torture, and abductions of civilians in two books: "A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya" and "A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches From Chechnya."
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She relentlessly spoke out against what she described as President Vladimir Putin's "bloody" leadership and growing authoritarian tendencies under his rule. She gave her last interview to RFE/RL's Russian Service.
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Politkovskaya served as a mediator between Russian forces and hostage takers during the "Nord-Ost" siege at Moscow's Dubrovka Theater in 2002. Here she is seen interviewing Igor Trunov, the lawyer for relatives of the siege's 129 victims.
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She was shot dead on October 7, 2006, in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building. Her friends and colleagues say they have no doubt that her contract-style killing was connected to her work.
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Just hours after her slaying, well-wishers came to lay flowers, cards, and other mementos outside Politkovskaya's home.
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Hundreds of mourners rallied in Moscow on October 8 to honor her memory. Her unflinching coverage of the Chechen war had also earned Politkovskaya much praise abroad, and candlelight vigils in her honor were held across the world.
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Protesters hold up pictures of Politkovskaya to protest Putin's October 11 visit to Munich, Germany. One day earlier, Putin angered many by dismissing her influence on Russia's political life as "extremely insignificant."
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Now, one year on, events in Politkovskaya's memory have been held in Russia and beyond, like this photo exhibition in central Moscow.
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Hundreds rallied under heavy security presence on Moscow's Pushkin Square...
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...while Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov visited Politkovskaya's apartment building to lay flowers and unveil a plaque.
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There have been international events, too. French Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Rama Yade lays a wreath in front of a memorial to journalists killed on the job in Bayeux, western France, October 6, 2007.
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Activists with the media rights group Reporters Without Borders carry a mock coffin at an October 5 demonstration in Paris to commemorate 18 journalists killed in Russia since President Vladimir Putin came to power.
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On October 4, 2007, RFE/RL hosted the conference "Russia One Year After the Murder of Anna Politkovskaya." "Novaya gazeta" Editor in Chief Dmitry Muratov said Politkovskaya's old telephone number will be reactivated on October 8 so that Russians can call with their pain, grief, gratitude, and information about official malfeasance. See RFE/RL Remembers Anna Politkovskaya