Fact check
Is it true: Anna Politkovskaya assassination (Oct 7 2006, Moscow)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Five convicted (2014): Rustam Makhmudov (life), Lom-Ali Gaitukayev (20yr), Dzhabrail Makhmudov (12yr), Ibragim Makhmudov (14yr), Sergey Khadzhikurbanov (20yr). Moscow police Lt-Col Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov convicted 2012. Pavlyuchenkov testimony implicated FSB Col Boris Karinov. Mastermind never officially identified. Killing confirmed; state-actor attribution at political level unproven but assessed as highly probable by CPJ, RSF, Amnesty.
The claim
Anna Politkovskaya, a Novaya Gazeta journalist renowned for her coverage of the Second Chechen War, was shot dead in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building on 7 October 2006 — Vladimir Putin's
Key evidence
Five convicted of murder at 2014 trial
Russian government denies Kremlin involvement; blames Chechen organised crime
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