Anna Politkovskaya’s last interview was with RFE/RL’s Russian Service, just two days before she was gunned down in Moscow. The date of the interview, Oct. 5, 2006, was also the birthday of Ramzan Kadyrov, then Chechnya’s prime minister, and it was a particularly significant birthday: now aged 30, he could legally run for president.
RFE/RL: Anna Politkovskaya’s last interview
(FILES) This file photo taken on Oct. 16, 2002 shows journalist Anna Politkovskaya of Moscow's Novaya Gazeta newspaper speaking in New York as she received a Courage in Journalism Award presented by the International Women's Media Foundation.
