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Media Group Urges Inquiry Into Politkovskaya's Death

Anna Politkovskaya at the newspaper where she worked, 'Novaya Gazeta' (file photo) (Courtesy Photo)

November 3, 2006 -- The media rights group Reporters Without Borders today called for an international inquiry into the murder of Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya.

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November 03, 2006

Politkovskaya was gunned down in Moscow last month.

The Russian Prosecutor-General's office, which is in charge of the investigation, says it is pursuing several possible motives.

The European Union is pushing Moscow to fully investigate the death.

(ITAR-TASS, AP)

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Anna Politkovskaya at RFE/RL in July 2006 (RFE/RL)

A BRAVE VOICE SILENCED. Prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed on October 7 in her Moscow apartment building. An outspoken critic of the Kremlin, she was best-known for her reporting on the conflict in Chechnya. Former Soviet President Gorbachev called her slaying "a true political homicide, a vendetta."

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