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| Charges in Russia reporter murder | Charges in Russia reporter murder |
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| Russian prosecutors have charged nine people, including a security service official, over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, reports say. | Russian prosecutors have charged nine people, including a security service official, over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, reports say. |
| Ms Politkovskaya was shot dead near her flat in Moscow in October 2006. | Ms Politkovskaya was shot dead near her flat in Moscow in October 2006. |
| She won fame by exposing atrocities committed against Chechen civilians by Russian-backed security forces. | She won fame by exposing atrocities committed against Chechen civilians by Russian-backed security forces. |
| Last month, a former Chechen politician was charged with being an accomplice in the murder. Ten suspects were arrested in August, two of whom were then freed. | |
| The nine suspects were formally charged by a Moscow city court on Wednesday, Russian news agencies said. | |
| Interfax also quoted a source close to the investigation as saying charges had been brought against Lt Col Pavel Ryaguzov from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) for abuse of office. | |
| Investigators believe that he could have passed on details of Ms Politkovskaya's address to another suspect, who in turn gave them to the killer, the source said. | |
| Kremlin 'interference' | |
| In August, chief prosecutor Yuri Chaika said 10 suspects - including serving and former security officers - had been arrested in the investigation. | |
| Their ringleader was a Chechen gang boss, he said. At least two suspects have since been released. | |
| Mr Chaika said there were indications that the murder plot had been masterminded abroad with a view to destabilising Russia. | |
| Ms Politkovskaya was a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin - especially his military campaign in Chechnya. | |
| Her former colleagues at Moscow newspaper Novaya Gazeta accused Kremlin hardliners of interfering in the murder investigation after a lead prosecutor in the case was replaced in September. |