Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War. She was found murdered in the elevato
Politkovskaya in 2005
Near her apartment, Moscow, 2006
Grave of Anna Politkovskaya at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow
Some observers alleged that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or his men were behind the assassination of Politkovskaya.
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service who specialised in tackling organised crime. A prominent critic o
Anna Politkovskaya
…Politkovskaya, Anna (2011) Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches, Melville House Publishing: Brooklyn, New York.ISBN 9781935554400 Alexander Litvinenko List of journalists killed in Russia…
Litvinenko's grave at Highgate Cemetery in 2007
Litvinenko's grave in 2017
The report stated that the FSB operation to kill Litvinenko was probably approved by Nikolai Patrushev (left) and Vladimir Putin