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| Politkovskaya murder charges laid | Politkovskaya murder charges laid |
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| Three men have been charged over the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, investigators have said. | Three men have been charged over the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, investigators have said. |
| Politkovskaya, a prominent Kremlin critic, was shot dead outside her home in the capital on 7 October 2006. | Politkovskaya, a prominent Kremlin critic, was shot dead outside her home in the capital on 7 October 2006. |
| Russia's Investigative Committee said a fourth man, an officer with the country's security service, had also been charged with abuse of office. | Russia's Investigative Committee said a fourth man, an officer with the country's security service, had also been charged with abuse of office. |
| Last month officials also named the man suspected of firing the gun as Rustam Makhmudov. He remains at large. | Last month officials also named the man suspected of firing the gun as Rustam Makhmudov. He remains at large. |
| The three men charged over the murder, who all come from Chechnya, are Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, and Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov. | |
| Case continues | Case continues |
| The committee did not say what the motive was for Politkovskaya's killing, or specify the suspects' roles in the murder. | The committee did not say what the motive was for Politkovskaya's killing, or specify the suspects' roles in the murder. |
| Politkovskaya frequently travelled to Chechnya and the North Caucasus where her dispatches described some of the horror of a war where most of the casualties were civilians. | |
| The murder of Politkovskaya, who wrote for the small-circulation Novaya Gazeta, shocked the international community but did not register widely in Russia. | The murder of Politkovskaya, who wrote for the small-circulation Novaya Gazeta, shocked the international community but did not register widely in Russia. |
| Human rights groups accused the Russian authorities of failing to protect journalists. | Human rights groups accused the Russian authorities of failing to protect journalists. |
| Her former colleagues said the case was not yet solved. | |
| "I have said many times that this is only the first part of the case," said Sergei Sokolov, the investigative newspaper's deputy editor. | "I have said many times that this is only the first part of the case," said Sergei Sokolov, the investigative newspaper's deputy editor. |
| "It's not over yet, there will be a second and a third part." | "It's not over yet, there will be a second and a third part." |
| Charges against a fifth man, a Chechen local government official who allegedly provided the address of Anna Politkovskaya, have been dropped due to a lack of evidence. | Charges against a fifth man, a Chechen local government official who allegedly provided the address of Anna Politkovskaya, have been dropped due to a lack of evidence. |