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Anna Politkovskaya was a famous Russian journalist who criticized the actions of the Russian authorities in Chechnya and advocated for the protection of human rights. She was killed in the entrance of her house in Moscow in 2006. Those who ordered her murder were never identified.
“Putin doesn’t understand that people have rights.” One of the last interviews with Anna Politkovskaya
Author, Tatyana Preobrazhenskaya
Place of work, BBC Russian Service
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Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed 20 years ago in the entrance of her house on Lesnaya Street in Moscow. The investigation never identified those who ordered the crime.
Politkovskaya has become a symbol of independent journalism in Russia. She was loved for her biting and honest materials on the most pressing topics, and this also became the reason for her to have many enemies.
The BBC conducted this interview with Politkovskaya several months before her death. It was published in English in November 2006 on BBC Two and is being published in Russian for the first time on the 20th anniversary of her death.
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