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Anna Politkovskaya: 20 Years Since the Journalist Who Saw Putin Early
Original: Anna Politkovskaya: The journalist killed 20 years ago for understanding Putin before anyone else
Twenty years after Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in the stairwell of her Moscow apartment building in 2006, her work is being revisited as remarkably prescient. The Russian journalist's reporting on the Chechnya war and her warnings about the true nature of Vladimir Putin's rule are being described as having foreshadowed the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, renewing debate over her legacy and the unresolved circumstances of her killing.
Why now: The 20th anniversary of her murder has prompted renewed reflection on her warnings about Putin.
Anna PolitkovskayaVladimir PutinRussiaChechnyaLe Monde
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- Anna Politkovskaya: The journalist killed 20 years ago for understanding Putin before anyone else · Le Monde
Murdered in 2006 in the stairwell of her apartment building in Moscow, the renowned Russian reporter relentlessly warned, with remarkable clarity, about the true nature of Vladimir Putin. Her reporting from Chechnya already foreshadowed the war in Ukraine.
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