30 августа 1958 года родилась Анна Политковская, российская журналистка и правозащитница

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Анна Степановна Политковская (1958–2006) родилась в Нью-Йорке, где ее отец, Степан Федорович Мазепа, работал сотрудником миссии Украинской ССР при ООН. В 1980 году окончила факультет журналистики МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова, где познакомилась с Александром Политковским и вышла за него замуж. В браке родились двое детей – Илья и Вера.

В 1982–1993 годах работала в газетах «Известия» и «Воздушный транспорт», в творческом объединении «ЭСКАРТ», издательстве «Паритет». До 1994 года, пока издание окончательно не приобрело репутацию бульварного, была обозревателем еженедельника «Мегаполис Экспресс». В 1994–1999 годах – обозреватель, редактор отдела чрезвычайных происшествий «Общей газеты».

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Jurors have found five defendants guilty of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. These were the organizers and perpetrators of crime, though the “customer” who ordered the murder has not yet been found. On Wednesday the court will announce the sentences the guilty will face.

Jurors in the Moscow City Court found Chechnya native Lom-Ali Gaytukayev guilty of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a verdict that was received by the court.

It was determined that, in order to commit the crime, the defendant organized a criminal group that included his nephews Rustam Makhmudov (who carried out the murder by shooting the journalist four times), Ibrahim Makhmudov and Jabriel Makhmudov (who followed Politkovskaya), as well as former Moscow city police detective Sergey Khadjikurbanov (who, along with Lom-Ali Gaytukayev, was found guilty of organizing the murder).

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On October 7th, exactly 7 years after the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the editorial offices of «Novaya Gazeta» on Potapov lane in Moscow unveiled a bronze plaque in her honor.

Politkovskaya worked as a columnist from 1999 to 2006. Her colleagues would like to add another memorial plaque — one with the inscription «the crime has been solved» — and are hoping that this moment will still come.

The journalist's death led to the opening of a criminal case under Article 105, part II of the Russian Criminal Code (murder of a person or their relatives in connection with performance of public duties).

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Memory is increasingly a rarity these days. It disappears somewhere beneath the murky layers of unconscious time, somewhere consistently and deliberately edited from the minds of the well-fed for the sake of peace of mind in their gray matter. Do not remember, do not think, and do not know — that is the truth that the majority places on a pedestal. Memory for them is dangerous; they do not need it because it can raise doubts about their own piety.

Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist from ‘Novaya Gazeta’ who was murdered in 2006, was remembered on the 7th of October in many cities around the world. Her name is born  by streets and parks in Rome, Tbilisi, Milan, and Paris. This year a collective act of memory took place in the city of Samara. It took place, and, perhaps, became something greater.

On October 7, the Samara House of Journalists and Writers held a round table discussion in memory of Anna Politkovskaya. Representatives attended from the publications such as ‘Gagarin Park’, ‘Zasekin.ru’, ‘Novaya Gazeta in the Volga region’, ‘Svoboda Information Agency’, as well as Svetlana Zhdanov, head of the local Roskomnadzor (Russian FTC). Also attending were activists from non-governmental organizations, and bloggers.. Participants shared their thoughts and memories of Anna Politkovskaya, and discussed issues concerning the freedom of speech in Russia, Togliatti, and Samara.

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