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| Duo get life for Anna Politkovskaya murder | Duo get life for Anna Politkovskaya murder |
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| Two men have been given life sentences by a Moscow court for the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. | Two men have been given life sentences by a Moscow court for the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. |
| They were among five men convicted of the crime last month. | They were among five men convicted of the crime last month. |
| Ms Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter and vocal critic of Russia's war in Chechnya, was shot in a lift in her block of flats. | Ms Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter and vocal critic of Russia's war in Chechnya, was shot in a lift in her block of flats. |
| Three of the men had earlier been acquitted but Russia's supreme court ordered a retrial. Investigators have not determined who ordered the killing. | Three of the men had earlier been acquitted but Russia's supreme court ordered a retrial. Investigators have not determined who ordered the killing. |
| Rustam Makhmudov was given a life sentence for pulling the trigger. | |
| His uncle Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, one of those found guilty of organising the murder, was also jailed for life. | His uncle Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, one of those found guilty of organising the murder, was also jailed for life. |
| The three others convicted of the killing - two of whom are Makhmudov's brothers - were given between 12 and 20 years in prison. | |
| The prosecution had pushed for tougher sentences. | |
| Ms Politkovskaya's reporting for Novaya Gazeta newspaper won international renown for her dogged investigation of Russian abuses in Chechnya. | Ms Politkovskaya's reporting for Novaya Gazeta newspaper won international renown for her dogged investigation of Russian abuses in Chechnya. |
| But her pieces, which were highly critical of President Vladimir Putin, then serving his second term, and the Chechen leadership, angered many in authority. | But her pieces, which were highly critical of President Vladimir Putin, then serving his second term, and the Chechen leadership, angered many in authority. |
| Last year a former police officer, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for supplying the murder weapon. | Last year a former police officer, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for supplying the murder weapon. |
| Ms Politkovskaya's family say they will continue to campaign until the person who ordered the killing is uncovered. | |
| Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee, said that "unfortunately much depends on our foreign colleagues, especially from Great Britain and Turkey. We have sent a number of inquiries, but have never received any response." |