Politkovskaya case: not guilty
Published: 20 February, 2009, 14:33
A not guilty verdict has been issued on the Politkovskaya murder case and it will be referred back to the investigation committee at the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.
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Russia’s Supreme Court has returned the case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya for additional investigation. This overrules a recent court ruling, which ordered a retrial of the case to start in September.
The renewed investigation into the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya now involves new suspects. That's according to the editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, where Politkovskaya worked.
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Published: 20 February, 2009, 14:33
A not guilty verdict has been issued on the Politkovskaya murder case and it will be referred back to the investigation committee at the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.