Anna Politkovskaya - one of the assasinated Russian human rights activists and journalists

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[b]Anna Politkovskaya[/b] is just one out of the many human rights activists and journalists assassinated in Russia under the Putin-Medvedev regime.

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Upon leaving the camp, Politkovskaya was detained, interrogated, beaten, and humiliated by Russian troops: "the young officers tortured me, skillfully hitting my sore spots. They looked through my children's pictures, making a point of saying what they would like to do to the kids. This went on for about three hours." She was subjected to a mock execution using a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system, then poisoned with a cup of tea that made her vomit. Her tape records were confiscated. She described her mock execution:

[quote][i]A lieutenant colonel with a swarthy face and dull dark bulging eyes said in a businesslike tone: "Let's go. I'm going to shoot you." He led me out of the tent into complete darkness. The nights here are impenetrable. After we walked for a while, he said, "Ready or not, here I come." Something burst with pulsating fire around me, screeching, roaring, and growling. The lieutenant colonel was very happy when I crouched in fright. It turned out that he had led me right under the "Grad" rocket launcher at the moment it was fired.[/i][/quote]

[b]Source[/b]: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya#Detention_in_Chechnya[/url]

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While flying south in September 2004 to help negotiate with those who had taken over a thousand hostages in a school in Beslan (North Ossetia), Politkovskaya fell violently ill and lost consciousness after drinking tea. She had reportedly been poisoned, with some accusing the former Soviet secret police poison facility.

[b]Source[/b]: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya#Poisoning[/url]

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In 2004, Politkovskaya had a conversation with Ramzan Kadyrov, then Prime Minister of Chechnya, who was appointed by Vladimir Putin. One of his assistants said to her, "Someone ought to have shot you back in Moscow, right on the street, like they do in your Moscow". Ramzan repeated after him: "You're an enemy. To be shot...." On the day of her murder, said Novaya Gazeta's chief editor Dmitry Muratov, Politkovskaya had planned to file a lengthy story on the torture practices believed to be used by the Chechen security detachments known as Kadyrovites. In her final interview, she described Kadyrov—now president of Chechnya—as the "Chechen Stalin of our days".

[b]Source[/b]: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya#Conflict_with_Ramzan_Kadyrov[/url]

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Politkovskaya was found dead in the lift of her block of flats in central Moscow on 7 October 2006. She had been shot twice in the chest, once in the shoulder, and once in the head at point-blank range.

[b]Source[/b]: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya#Murder.2C_investigation_and_trial[/url]

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For those who don't know, Ramzan Kadyrov is the Putin-appointed president of Chechnya (a Russian republic). Here's him dancing in this video:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tVbI7r64uE[/media]

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[QUOTE=NielsGade;36263606]Just do a megathread on Russian corruption.[/QUOTE]

IIRC megathreads aren't allowed in Sensationalist Headlines

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