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| Arrests over Russia writer murder | |
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| Ten people have been arrested in Russia over the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. | |
| Russian TV showed prosecutor general Yuri Chaika telling President Putin of the arrests, informing him that those held would soon be charged. | |
| Mr Chaika said "serious progress" had been made in the investigation into the killing, which was widely condemned. | Mr Chaika said "serious progress" had been made in the investigation into the killing, which was widely condemned. |
| The journalist, a harsh critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead at her Moscow apartment block in 2006. | |
| At the moment there is no information about the identity of the suspects. | |
| Anna Politkovskaya was killed as she left for work. Closed circuit television footage showed a single gunman carried out the murder. | |
| The BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes, in Moscow, says that at the time it was rumoured the killer could have been a member of a Chechen criminal gang or even have a connection to the Russian security services. | |
| The Russian government has always strenuously denied any connection to the murder. |