ihre Kollegen haben eine 16 Seiten lange Zeitung herausgegeben,mit Auszügen aus ihren Recherchen und einer Liste der 211 Journalisten,die in Russland getötet wurden seit 1992
Colleagues of the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya put out a 16- page newspaper last week with tributes to her investigations of human-rights abuses, excerpts from her writing, and a list of the 211 journalists who have been killed in Russia since 1992. Backed by the independent Russian Union of Journalists as well as foreign journalists working in Russia, this expression of professional solidarity stood in stark contrast to the indifference of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who observed on the day of Politkovskaya's funeral that her influence on political life in Russia had been "very minor."Putin's callous remark reflects an attitude that is all too common among power holders, whether in make-believe democracies or real ones. Putin implied that Politkovskaya's death should not be accounted a great loss to Russia, since her stories about the unpunished murders, rapes, kidnappings and torture perpetrated by Russian forces in Chechnya left intact the hierarchy of power in Russia. The Boston Globe Published: October 31, 2006
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