November 14, 2023 12:38 p.m
The former Russian detective Sergey Khadzhikurbanovwho was convicted of the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskayawas pardoned, his lawyer told AFP.
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“As a special forces fighter, he was invited to sign a contract for participation in the special military operation in Ukraine. When the contract expired, he was pardoned by presidential decree,” said his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik.
On October 7, 2006, the Russian journalist was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building in the center of Moscow. She was known for her opposition to the conflict in Chechnya and her criticism of Putin.
Life imprisonment for the murderers of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Politkovskaya is the author of several books on the Chechen wars as well as Putin’s Russia, and has received a number of international awards for her work.
The case for the murder of the journalist was closed in 20214. The Chechen citizen Rustam Mahmudov was found guilty on a charge of being shot at the journalist at the entrance of the building where she lived, and Lom-Ali Gaitukaev – Makhmudov’s uncle – was convicted as the organizer of the murder. The ex-policeman Sergey Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to spend 20 years in a penal colonyand the sentences of Ibrahim and Jabrail Mahmudovi (brothers of the perpetrator Rustam) are, respectively, 12 and 14 years of imprisonment.
2023-11-14 10:38:00
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