In 2006, an unidentified man shot and killed internationally renowned Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya just inside of her apartment building. Prior to her assassination, she’d made a slew of enemies in Vladimir Putin’s administration because she did her job too well. Her relentless work included investigating and writing about the torture and murder of Chechen civilians at the hands of military forces loyal to Moscow, and negotiating with Chechen rebels who took 700 hostages in a Moscow theater. One time, she was poisoned, yet that didn’t stop her...

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