Journalism in Russia: Chroniclers of the Dictatorship

The Moscow editorial office of Novaya Gazeta is located in the Basmanny district in the center, in a gray and beige four-story building. Banners hang from the windows this Wednesday. You can see it: Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered 20 years ago, shot in the elevator of her house, on Vladimir Putin's birthday. Her colleagues remember her today.

Politkovskaya stands for independent journalism in Russia like no other. She researched Russian war crimes in Chechnya and corruption. In 2004 she survived a poison attack on the way to the Beslan hostage crisis. She recovered and carried on.