Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her death
- Assassinated Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead outside her Moscow home in 2006, had "predicted" Russia's trajectory under Putin, her editor said ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death.
- Politkovskaya had reported fearlessly on the war in Chechnya and the rise of Putin, warning of his authoritarian tendencies at a time when he was being welcomed and courted in the West.
- Read moreQuestions remain a decade after Russian journalist Politkovskaya's murder She was gunned down in the lift of her central Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006 – Putin's 54th birthday.
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- Assassinated Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead outside her Moscow home in 2006, had "predicted" Russia's trajectory under Putin, her editor said ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death.
- Politkovskaya had reported fearlessly on the war in Chechnya and the rise of Putin, warning of his authoritarian tendencies at a time when he was being welcomed and courted in the West.
- Read moreQuestions remain a decade after Russian journalist Politkovskaya's murder She was gunned down in the lift of her central Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006 – Putin's 54th birthday.
Sources: France 24