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September 06, 2004
Report: Russian Journalist Poisoned
Alarm bells are ringing in Russian media circles after the alleged poisoning of Anna Politkovskaya, one of the most outspoken critics of Vladimir Putin's policy on Chechnya, and the apparent sacking of the editor of Izvestia today.

Politkovskaya, who writes for the current affairs magazine Novaya Gazeta, was on her way to the siege in Beslan from Moscow when she collapsed mysteriously.

According to the Moscow Times today, "Politkovskaya was flying from Vnukovo Airport to Rostov-on-Don and fainted on the plane. Immediately after landing, she was taken to a local hospital, where doctors found she had been poisoned, Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov told the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists."

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[link source: Allah Pundit]

Posted by Michele at September 6, 2004 06:10 PM | TrackBack
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wow....the more things change the more they stay the same in the former USSR...

http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.needle/

Posted by: Wayne Fielder [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 6, 2004 10:54 PM

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