In Memoriam Anna Politkovskaya

by Sarah Meyer Index Research

Anna Politkovskaya
Photo : Time

What do I want to say about Anna Politkovskaya? Of her murder? She knew, and spoke about, her chances of being murdered. She accepted this, without drama.

I remember her intensity, her eyes, her glasses, her hair, her hands. I can still touch them.

She was a beacon of stillness and quiet light with awesome iron grit. Her focus was injustice. Her life helped many of us to be stronger.

And, like many, I grieve.

With gratitude,

Sarah Meyer
Index Research
&
BRussels Tribunal Advisory Committee

Updated 28.03.08

see also:

Obituary.
10.10.06. Guardian

Video.
10.10.06. Channel 4 news. Anna’s funeral.

Murdered Russian reporter's critical last work published
13.10.06, Guardian

'A condemned woman'
14.10.06. Guardian. Anna “explains why, despite death threats, she had to continue writing.”

Arvo Pärt dedicates this season's performances to murdered journalist Politkovskaya (16.10.06)

The Journalist and the Murderers
18.10.06. C. Digges, Mother Jones.

Voices from the grave tell a tale of freedom betrayed
26.11.06. Henry Porter, Observer. 'Two of Putin's fiercest critics were murdered recently. And we must take seriously the allegations made by the latest victim.'

Putin's Russia
Harvill Press (10.04).

'Fascism is in fashion'
17.03.07. Guardian. Murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya was fearless in her pursuit of truth. In this shocking extract from her final book, she chronicles the death of Russian democracy.

'Beslan is quietly going out of its mind'
19.03.07. A. Politkovskaya, Guardian. In September 2004, Chechen terrorists took more than 1,200 people hostage in a school in Beslan, Russia. Two days later, in a chaotic battle between Russian security forces and the hostage-takers, 344 civilians - 186 of them children - died. Anna Politkovskaya visited the town that December, and again on the first anniversary of the atrocity. In the second of three extracts from the last book she wrote before being murdered, Politkovskaya details the unbearable grief of a town that 'spends most of its time at the cemetery'. "Report from Beslan' is the first extract of Anna's book.

Inside the dragon's lair
20.03.07. Guardian. 'In August 2004, Anna Politkovskaya was granted an audience with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the country's recently assassinated president. When the crusading journalist was murdered last year, it was this same warlord who was forced to deny accusations that he was involved in her death. In our final extract from Politkovskaya's last book, she describes her fateful meeting with the man who just this month became president of Chechnya.'

Russian-Israeli Oligarchs Co-Opting Bush/Blair Behind Anti-Putin Ops
21.03.07. Wayne Madsen, Rense.com. Mysterious deaths.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
07.04.07. Guardian Review Book of the Week.

10 Arrested in Politkovskaya Murder
28.08.07. Moscow Times.

Enemies of the state
01.09.07. Roman Shleinov, Guardian. The prosecutor in the Politkovskaya inquiry sounds disturbingly like he's back in the USSR

Russian police detain foreign activists honoring murdered reporter Politkovskaya
07.10.07. The Jurist. Russian police Saturday briefly detained five foreign activists in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of violating the terms of their Russian travel visas. The activists were detained for approximately four and a half hours, and were ordered to pay a $120 fine.

Killer known in Politkovskaya's murder case: reports
28.03.08. Reuters. Investigators looking into the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Anna Politkovskaya have identified her killer and are trying to find and detain him, Russian news agencies quoted a prosecutor as saying on Friday.

Nobel Laureates Honour Afghan recipient of International Human Rights Award
09.10.08. cranky optimist. We, six women Nobel Peace Laureates—Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchu, Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire—are honoured to once again support the Reach All Women In War (RAW) Anna Politkovskaya Award. This award is presented each year to a woman human rights defender from an area of war and conflict, and keeps alive the spirit of Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya
Photo : Time

What do I want to say about Anna Politkovskaya? Of her murder? She knew, and spoke about, her chances of being murdered. She accepted this, without drama.

I remember her intensity, her eyes, her glasses, her hair, her hands. I can still touch them.

She was a beacon of stillness and quiet light with awesome iron grit. Her focus was injustice. Her life helped many of us to be stronger.

And, like many, I grieve.

With gratitude,

Sarah Meyer
Index Research
&
BRussels Tribunal Advisory Committee

Updated 28.03.08

see also:

Obituary.
10.10.06. Guardian

Video.
10.10.06. Channel 4 news. Anna’s funeral.

Murdered Russian reporter's critical last work published
13.10.06, Guardian

'A condemned woman'
14.10.06. Guardian. Anna “explains why, despite death threats, she had to continue writing.”

Arvo Pärt dedicates this season's performances to murdered journalist Politkovskaya (16.10.06)

The Journalist and the Murderers
18.10.06. C. Digges, Mother Jones.

Voices from the grave tell a tale of freedom betrayed
26.11.06. Henry Porter, Observer. 'Two of Putin's fiercest critics were murdered recently. And we must take seriously the allegations made by the latest victim.'

Putin's Russia
Harvill Press (10.04).

'Fascism is in fashion'
17.03.07. Guardian. Murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya was fearless in her pursuit of truth. In this shocking extract from her final book, she chronicles the death of Russian democracy.

'Beslan is quietly going out of its mind'
19.03.07. A. Politkovskaya, Guardian. In September 2004, Chechen terrorists took more than 1,200 people hostage in a school in Beslan, Russia. Two days later, in a chaotic battle between Russian security forces and the hostage-takers, 344 civilians - 186 of them children - died. Anna Politkovskaya visited the town that December, and again on the first anniversary of the atrocity. In the second of three extracts from the last book she wrote before being murdered, Politkovskaya details the unbearable grief of a town that 'spends most of its time at the cemetery'. "Report from Beslan' is the first extract of Anna's book.

Inside the dragon's lair
20.03.07. Guardian. 'In August 2004, Anna Politkovskaya was granted an audience with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the country's recently assassinated president. When the crusading journalist was murdered last year, it was this same warlord who was forced to deny accusations that he was involved in her death. In our final extract from Politkovskaya's last book, she describes her fateful meeting with the man who just this month became president of Chechnya.'

Russian-Israeli Oligarchs Co-Opting Bush/Blair Behind Anti-Putin Ops
21.03.07. Wayne Madsen, Rense.com. Mysterious deaths.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
07.04.07. Guardian Review Book of the Week.

10 Arrested in Politkovskaya Murder
28.08.07. Moscow Times.

Enemies of the state
01.09.07. Roman Shleinov, Guardian. The prosecutor in the Politkovskaya inquiry sounds disturbingly like he's back in the USSR

Russian police detain foreign activists honoring murdered reporter Politkovskaya
07.10.07. The Jurist. Russian police Saturday briefly detained five foreign activists in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of violating the terms of their Russian travel visas. The activists were detained for approximately four and a half hours, and were ordered to pay a $120 fine.

Killer known in Politkovskaya's murder case: reports
28.03.08. Reuters. Investigators looking into the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Anna Politkovskaya have identified her killer and are trying to find and detain him, Russian news agencies quoted a prosecutor as saying on Friday.

Russian Trial in Killing of Journalist Open to Public
17.11.08. NY Times. A judge ruled on Monday that the trial of three men accused of involvement in the killing of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya should be open to the public, responding to her family’s concern that secret proceedings would harm the case. .. / The authorities have acknowledged that her assailant is still at large, but they have charged three men with providing logistical support for the killing.

Politkovskaya murder suspect alleges Russian prosecutors fabricated evidence
18.02.09. JURIST. A lawyer for one of the men accused in the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya [BBC obituary, JURIST news archive] alleged in his closing statements Tuesday that the prosecution's main pieces of evidence are flawed and have been fabricated. Defense lawyer Murad Musayev pointed out that phone records released by the telephone operator Megafon show evidence of manipulation. Musayev's two-hour closing statements also alleged [Moscow Times report] that the murder was actually committed by a group of professional killers who left no traces. Other irregularities ...

Russia journalist murder suspects acquitted
20.02.09. JURIST.

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Sarah Meyer is a researcher living in the United Kingdom

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