An inquiry into the deaths of journalists in russia, 19932009 ifj. Anna politkovskayas murder and putins russia by federico. She was known for her opposition to the chechen conflict and for criticism of vladimir putin. Sounding an urgent alarm, putins russia is a gripping portrayal of a country in crisis and the testament of a great and intrepid reporter.
Just before her death, politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate record of life in russia from the parliamentary elections of december 2003 to the grim summer of 2005, when the nation was still reeling from the horrors of the beslan school siege. U russia s chief prosecutor announced on 27 august 2007 that 10 people involved in the killing of journalist anna politkovskaya had been arrested, alleging that those behind the murder of the wellknown kremlin critic included members of russia s police and security services. Subtitled a journalists final account of life, corruption, and death in putins russia, the book gives her account of the period from december 2003 to august 2005, including what she described as the death of russian parliamentary democracy, the beslan. In putins russia, she trains her steely gaze on putin without the rapture. Indeed he became, for a period, something of a media darling in the west. The chechen war was supposed to be over in 1996 after the first yeltsin campaign, but in the summer of 1999, the new putin government decided, in their own words, to do the.
Finally, politkovskaya denounces both putin, for stifling civil liberties as he pushes the country back to a sovietstyle dictatorship, and the west, for its unqualified embrace of the russian leader. Antiestablishment journalist and humanrights activist anna politkovskaya disagreed strenuously with this point of view. She had authored several books about the chechen wars, as well as putins russia, and received numerous international awards for. Novaya gazetas chief editor dmitry muratov, politkovskaya had planned to file a lengthy story on the. Duo get life for anna politkovskaya murder bbc news. Anna, there have been many less widely known journalists killed for their. File picture taken 17 march 2005 of russian human rights advocate. She exposes rampant corruption in business, government, and the judiciary, where everything from store permits to. Anna politkovskaya s murder and putins russia by federico varese this article was first published in italian in lo straniero, november 2006, no.
In may 2007, random house posthumously published politkovskaya s a russian diary, containing extracts from her notebook and other writings. Anna politkovskayas murder and putins russia by federico varese. Putins russia depicts a farreaching state of decay. Putins russia, 2012, 320 pages, anna politkovskaya. Ten years after politkovskaya was shot in the lobby of her apartment block in moscow, novaya gazeta continues to be one of the few outlets for hardhitting independent journalism in russia. One of russias most famous investigative journalists, anna politkovskaya. Anna politkovskaya, journalist and investigative reporter with novaya gazeta. This article was first published in italian in lo straniero, november 2006, no.
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