Who Really Killed Russian Writer Politkovskaya?
Feb 10th 2007CarlFreedom of Speech & Political & Russia
I finally finished reading the book Putin’s Russia written by the killed writer Politkovskaya. A few facts to remind us all: Politkovskaya was a journalist who severely criticized Putin and she was shot dead in last October.
As I read her book “Putin’s Russia” one thing became pretty clear: she must have had many enemies. In her book she severely criticize Putin for the atrocities of the Chechen war and human right abuses. She also accuses the Russian court system for being completely corrupt (naming several judges who she thinks have been taking bribes). She even accuses some leading businessmen of serious crimes including bribery and using contract killers. All the accusations come with details.
That’s why I’m not at all surprised if she had many enemies who preferred to see her dead than alive. It’s very wrong that people are silenced by killing them. It’s a serious threat to the freedom of speech. The Freedom of speech is already in a bad condition in Russia as Putin’s administration has done a lot to silence criticism in the media.
Today the media has announced that the Russian police has arrested two suspects of the murder. However I think that we will never be sure who killed Politkovskaya as the Russian justice system is bad and malfunctioning.
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picture: A picture I took in Moscow in 2006.