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A Russian court has sentenced two men found guilty of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya to life imprisonment, and handed lengthy prison terms to three others involved in the killing. A Russian court has sentenced two men to life in prison for the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and handed lengthy prison terms to three others involved in the killing.
Rustam Makhmudov, a Chechen convicted of firing the fatal shots at Politkovskaya, and his uncle Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, accused of organising the hit, were jailed for life at Moscow city court. Rustam Makhmudov, a Chechen convicted of firing the fatal shots, and his uncle Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, found guilty of organising the hit, were jailed for life at Moscow city court.
Makhmudov's two brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim, were sentenced to 14 and 12 years respectively in a penal colony, while former Moscow police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was handed a 20-year term.Makhmudov's two brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim, were sentenced to 14 and 12 years respectively in a penal colony, while former Moscow police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was handed a 20-year term.
The shooting of Politkovskaya, a prominent reporter at liberal newspaper Novaya Gazetaand a fierce critic of the Kremlin's tactics in Chechnya, on 7 October 2006, shocked the world, but this was the first time that those directly involved in the killing have been brought to justice. The shooting of Politkovskaya, a prominent reporter at liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta and a fierce critic of the Kremlin's tactics in Chechnya, on 7 October 2006, shocked the world. Eight years on, investigators have yet to identify the person who ordered the apparent contract killing.
Almost eight years after the crime, investigators have yet to identify the person who ordered the apparent contract killing. Politkovskaya's family have said they were disappointed that the trial had not come any closer to tracking down the mastermind behind the murder. Politkovskaya's family have said they were disappointed that the trial had not come any closer to tracking down the mastermind behind the murder.
A spokesman for Russia's investigative committee, which conducted the investigation, pledged that it would continue its attempts to bring those guilty of the killing to justice. A spokesman for Russia's investigative committee, which conducted the investigation, pledged that it would continue its attempts to bring those behind the killing to justice.
"At the current time comprehensive measures are being taken to identify the person who ordered the murder," spokesman Vladimir Markin told the Interfax news agency."At the current time comprehensive measures are being taken to identify the person who ordered the murder," spokesman Vladimir Markin told the Interfax news agency.
Rights activists also insisted the case would not be closed until those behind the killing had been held accountable. Rights activists also insisted the case was still far from closed. Lyudmila Alexeyeva from the Moscow Helsinki group told Interfax: "There is one fundamental question: who ordered it? Until that is resolved the case has to remain open."
"There is one fundamental question: who ordered it? Until that is resolved the case has to remain open," Lyudmila Alexeyeva from the Moscow Helsinki group told Interfax.