The head of the jounalism union in Russia had described Anna Politkovskaya as the conscience of the country's journalism.
"Her polemical style earned her many critics in Russia but her stories stood out from much of the mainstream Russian media and she pursued them at great personal risk, whether reporting from the war zone or receiving death threats in Moscow".
She worked for a paper called Novaya Gazeta and she is renowned for exposing the human rights abuses committed by Russian troops in Chechnya. Obviously, she wasn't popular in some circles.
There has been many attempts to silence her - including attempts to end her life.
On 7 October 2006, while she was in a lift at her apartment, her was shot point blank 3 times.
The trial of those accused for her murder which was scheduled to start on 15 October 2008 was postponed as there was an attempt on the life of her lawyer who survived but was taken ill.
You can read Anna's orbituary here.
"Her polemical style earned her many critics in Russia but her stories stood out from much of the mainstream Russian media and she pursued them at great personal risk, whether reporting from the war zone or receiving death threats in Moscow".
She worked for a paper called Novaya Gazeta and she is renowned for exposing the human rights abuses committed by Russian troops in Chechnya. Obviously, she wasn't popular in some circles.
There has been many attempts to silence her - including attempts to end her life.
On 7 October 2006, while she was in a lift at her apartment, her was shot point blank 3 times.
The trial of those accused for her murder which was scheduled to start on 15 October 2008 was postponed as there was an attempt on the life of her lawyer who survived but was taken ill.
You can read Anna's orbituary here.
Source: BBC News Online here
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