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Today 17 years ago, on 7 October 2006, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya is assassinated in Moscow for criticizing Putin (www.iwmf.org)

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Six people are suspected of involvement in the case – former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, Chechen-born Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, former police officer Sergei Kadzhikurbanov and the Makhmudov brothers, one of whom is alleged to have been the killer. None of them have been brought to justice.

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[-] stevehobbes@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

This will be lit when the Tankies show up.

[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Nah, they usually avoid this sort of topics, which are too indefensible. At best they might throw some whataboutism around (Snowden, Assange?).

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