Russia's slow death of freedom
Boston Globe
by Cathy Young
10/16/06
Anna Politkovskaya, the 48-year-old woman shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building in Moscow Oct. 7, was not a public official, a member of parliament, or a leader of an opposition party. But in the eyes of many people, the murder of this fearless journalist has become a symbol of the slow death of freedom in Russia -- a death evidenced by many other events large and small. For the past several years, the Russian state under Vladimir Putin has been steadily working to bring the media to heel. In this stifling and intimidating atmosphere, Politkovskaya ... remained an outspoken critic of the Putin government. ... [H]er book, Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy, was published in 2004. At the time of her death, Politkovskaya was about to file a story about torture practices by Kadyrov's security forces in Chechnya. It is unclear whether this article will ever see the light of day...
http://tinyurl.com/smddk
The journalist and the murderers
http://tinyurl.com/y5msy7
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Another Victim of the War on the Chechens?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis54.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Politkovskaya
by Cathy Young
10/16/06
Anna Politkovskaya, the 48-year-old woman shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building in Moscow Oct. 7, was not a public official, a member of parliament, or a leader of an opposition party. But in the eyes of many people, the murder of this fearless journalist has become a symbol of the slow death of freedom in Russia -- a death evidenced by many other events large and small. For the past several years, the Russian state under Vladimir Putin has been steadily working to bring the media to heel. In this stifling and intimidating atmosphere, Politkovskaya ... remained an outspoken critic of the Putin government. ... [H]er book, Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy, was published in 2004. At the time of her death, Politkovskaya was about to file a story about torture practices by Kadyrov's security forces in Chechnya. It is unclear whether this article will ever see the light of day...
http://tinyurl.com/smddk
The journalist and the murderers
http://tinyurl.com/y5msy7
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
--------
Another Victim of the War on the Chechens?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis54.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Politkovskaya
rudkla - 17. Okt, 15:54
