To Tolstoy, fighting Chechen rebels in the 1850s, they were a ‘hardy thistle’ defying suppression. Now, it has seeded itself afar
Chechnya’s centuries-long bloody strife goes global
Anna Politkovskaya
The Assassination of Russia – FSB false flag bombings of 1999
Blowing Up Russia: Terrorism From Within
Blowing Up Russia: Terrorism From Within
Published on Nov 13, 2012
Documentary film describes the September 1999 Russian apartment bombings as a terrorist act committed by Russian state security services. Written and directed by Yuri Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko. “We just cannot go out and say that the president of Russia is a mass murderer. But it is important that we know it.”
Window On Eurasia: Existence Of ‘Four [Differeent] Russias’ Complicates Political Struggle, Moscow Analyst Says
Sergey Khadjikurbanov Rejects His Role Of Organizing Anna Politkovskaya’s Murder
Oct 27 2011, 22:10
Sergey Khadjikurbanov, ex-militiaman, who was repeatedly charged of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the “Novaya Gazeta” newspaper, rejects his guilt and refuses to testify. This was reported by his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik. Read more
NORTHWEST HERALD: New Charges Filed In Killing Of Russian Journalist
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV – The Associated Press
Created: Friday, October 7, 2011 8:12 a.m. CDT
MOSCOW – Russian investigators marked the 5th anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s killing today by filing new charges against suspects involved in the slaying, but they have remained silent about who might have ordered her murder.
Politkovskaya, a sharp critic of the Kremlin and its policies in Chechnya, was gunned down in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006. The brutal attack drew worldwide attention to violence against journalists in Russia and caused widespread suspicions of government involvement. Read more
NYT: Russia: Officer Charged In 2006 Killing Of A Journalist
By SETH MYDANS
Published: September 3, 2011
Investigators have charged a former police officer with providing surveillance information and a murder weapon to the killer of the prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose shooting death in 2006 brought widespread condemnation of violence against journalists in Russia. But like the earlier arrest of a person suspected of being a gunman, the announcement left unanswered the larger question of who ordered the killing of Ms. Politkovskaya, a crusading reporter who had persisted in writing critical articles about the war in Chechnya. The defendant, Dmitri Pavlyuchenkov, a former lieutenant colonel in a police surveillance unit, has denied the accusation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/world/europe/03briefs-Russiabrief.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss