Russian Journalist Politkovskaya Found Dead

Radio Free Europe ^ | October 7, 2006

[lizol]

Russian Journalist Politkovskaya Found Dead

October 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Moscow police say prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya, was killed today in the capital.

Moscow police said Politkovskaya's body was found in an elevator in the apartment building where she was living in the city center.

The Interfax news agency quoted police officials as saying a pistol and four bullets were found in the elevator.

Politkovskaya was respected for her critical, in-depth coverage of the Russian government's campaign in Chechnya.

In 2004, she fell seriously ill with symptoms of food poisoning after drinking tea on a flight from Moscow to southern Russia during the school hostage crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia.

At the time, her colleagues suspected it was an attempt on her life.

[lizol]

Anna Politkovskaya

[lizol]

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[PGalt]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[ditto h]

Arkicide

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[lizol]

They solve such problems quickly out there: "Shut up, you b**ch, or die".

She didn't want to shut up.

[IronJack]

In 2004, she fell seriously ill with symptoms of food poisoning

Uh huh. The same kind of "food poisoning" Grigori Rasputin suffered.

[Chewie84]

"The Interfax news agency quoted police officials as saying a pistol and four bullets were found in the elevator."
As such, Russian police officials believe the cause of death to have been a fatal heart attack.

[bert]

Is Perky Katie next?

[lizol]

Yeah, she had it when she saw the pistol and bullets.

[oyez]

In 2004, she fell seriously ill with symptoms of food poisoning after drinking tea

Yeah, right. The thugs don't give up if the first attempt fails. Sad.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Russia has'nt changed. Always the cruel paranoid thug bully.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Never drink the tea on a Russian airline. Come to think of it - never fly on a Russian airline!

[G8 Diplomat]

Never eat the food on any airline

[GSlob]

Please ping it to struwwelpeter, he used to quote her a lot and translated for FR some of her articles. And as for her killing:
"the second apple has fallen on the Sir Isaac Newton's head. 'This confirms the law of gravity', said the prominent scientist."
i.e. given the kind of society she tried to function in, what else to expect?

[Thunder90]

"Is Perky Katie next?"

They may make her "Dissappear" to one of Putin's GULAGs.

[Richard Kimball]

A couple of articles on her work:

http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/politkovskaya.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,1327791,00.html

According to these articles, she's been arrested several times, and was once held for three days without food or water. I have no idea whether she was a muslim mouthpiece, a voice for truth, or what, but she definitely believed in what she was doing. There have obviously been attempts to silence her before, and she kept working despite this. It's obviously an assassination, probably by Putin's KBG, which was apparently behind some of the earlier attempted hits and definitely behind the earlier incarcerations.

[lizol]

Too many liberals are gullible, and believe everything written by the likes of Anna Politkovskaya. It is obvious to anyone who has served in combat Politkovskaya listens to propagandists and writes while sitting at a kitchen table. Her accounts are not on the spot reporting as she would have you believe.

Well, Gary - you must be really happy today, aren't you?

[MarMema]

something else she wrote here

[MarMema]

As such, Russian police officials believe the cause of death to have been a fatal heart attack.

ROFL!!! I remember when chechen terrorists were 'found dead' in Russian prisons, from something like "accidental head trauma".